"I'm glad you're both alive and well," Setsuna Meioh continues. "It seemed like a close one, there."
"It was," Haruka agrees, finding her voice. She hadn't seen Setsuna in a long time, and the last place she expected to come across this woman again was here.
"I wanted to meet with you both so that I could introduce your next mission myself. That is, if you're agreeable to taking it." Hearing no reply, the green-haired woman carries on. "I've been keeping an eye on you both for some time now. Haruka - I'm not sure how you ever plan on paying back my initial investment into your company now that you're broke. But I guess you I can be lenient on the loan terms. And Michiru - that was some excellent work you did in Vancouver. Even your newspaper articles were spot on - good to know that we can disguise you as a journalist anytime."
Still feeling caught off guard, the aqua woman merely nods.
"So we have a situation here in Paris that needs to be dealt with. Over the last week people have been found dead in the streets with their chests split open and their hearts removed using some sort of mechanical contraption. It's quite gruesome, really. The British papers are calling him, or her, 'The Pure Hearts Predator'."
"You...want me to help Michiru?" Haruka asks, not quite following.
"Yes. But not just help her this once. I want you to join our organization, full time. The details of the contract are in here," Setsuna pulls out a small envelope, "and we need you to make a decision in...the next five minutes."