Naru's POV:

There was a buzz from Gene's phone, and he clicked on the received message.

"It' from Yasu - "Fabric tear, doors, runes"." Gene read.

I put my hands in my pockets, drawing out my lock-picks from where they had been in the lining.

"Yasu's present!" Gene grinned. "They didn't take it!"

"Clothing around here commonly doesn't have two layers to save fabric and materials, unless it is winter. It's not a necessary thing to pat down the convicts because of that." Lin replied.

I pulled out a pair of lock-picks, and used my PK to try and unpick lin's chains.

I failed.

Plan B then...

"Of course, the Villagers wouldn't want delivery men coming too often due to the culture difference." I agreed, peering at the lock of the cell with a pocket-sized torch.

Pulling out a set, I carefully inserted them in the lock, a soft click telling me when I had unlocked our cell. "I can understand that if they take of the chains, it will be like an explosion of Lin's power – he needs to have at least one area for an outlet."

"The runes on the chains are what make it annoying." Lin stated."It's common practice among the half-angel's families to learn runes that can restrict a half-demon's power, so when the half-angels are finally allowed to join the Village Guard, they can restrain a half-demon's abilities."

"How could Yasu have known, then?" Gene asked. "I mean, it showed up that Masako was a Medium, and you need strong ESP abilities for fortune telling."

I thought on it as I opened Lin's cell and moved to scratch at a symbol, thinking over it.

"Monk and Ayako's abilities didn't show up…" I recalled. "So… Maybe the cup can't see the powers belonging to religious beings that don't fall under the Christian beliefs…"

"Masako's abilities then…"

"Mediums tend to be linked to all known religions and religious texts – the people God "sent" were able to sense evil spirits, such as how Satan went in spirit to try and make Jesus test his abilities while in the desert, as there are people who can see spirits in the Shinto religion. That's why she's able to see all types of spirit."

"Then why can the Shinto religion-"

"It can't."

"But Monk's abilities, Lin's shiki and Ayako's purifications…"

"It's like different chemicals – only some can work well with one type." I failed in scratching the metal, and I cursed.

My power rippled, and a very deep shard of the metal suddenly flew across and out of the cell, tearing the symbol with it, making a loud cracking noise.

I ran back through, closing the cell doors with my PK as Gene grabbed my hand and we sat side-by-side.

The door opened, and a Guard entered.

"What did you do?" he asked.

"I broke my watch when I trod on it." I said, showing the broken wrist-watch.

"Clumsy idiot." the Guard grumbled, closing the door again…

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Masako's POV:

I was woken by a door opening, and I looked towards my own door for a moment.

Footsteps heading towards Base.

Seeing Ayako was still asleep, I crept out of bed and into the corridor, almost terrified when I felt a hand on my back.

"Go back to bed, Masako." I heard, and I turned to see Yasu, his head lowered to hide his face from what little light there was.

"Yasu?" I asked, and he turned on his heal.

"I'm just doing a little research, nothing big." Yasu admitted, walking on.

I tilted my head as I stood there watching him.

His form was slightly stiff, and I could sense a small amount of fear and loneliness about him.

Carefully, I tailed him to Base, which was empty, but for Monk, who had fallen asleep watching the monitors.

After throwing a blanket over Monk, Yasu got out his laptop.

I crept up, just managing to see several texts from the bible and symbols from dead languages before Yasu closed the lid of his laptop quickly.

We were silent for a while, the only sound being Monk's soft snores.

"Why?" I asked, breaking the silence, and it fell for a moment more.

"I'm not allowed to say." Yasu said at last. "Like all the other stuff and Naru are going to harass me about, then Monk, then Mai, and Ayako, and John… Even Gene…"

His voice broke when he mentioned Gene, and he laid his head on his laptop.

I laid a hand gently on his back, and glanced over at the (thankfully) still sleeping Monk.

"It's not that likely that they'll demand an explanation if they don't know…" I said softly, trying to console him.

"Say that tomorrow night, maybe even two days from now. Oh, how about five days from this morning?" Yasu hissed, getting annoyed, before sighing. "Sorry, it's just a curse of my intelligence, I can handle it. Alone."

He opened his laptop again, and I got a clearer look at his stuff.

"What is that?" I asked.

"The whole concept of Man came from one female in Africa, and many languages have here and there been created. All of them link back to another language, like European ones to Latin and Greek, Japanese symbols descend from a handful of Chinese ones, even if the sounds are different… They all link backwards in time towards one dialect of shapes and noises from about the Prehistoric times, which has got many Historians and Cryptologists confused… However, though one person who knows it, I've been able to decipher enough for other things." he admitted in a hushed whisper.

"Who's the other person?" I asked.

"That's for later." Yasu sighed, "Anyway, you know Pentograms? The symbols commonly known for summoning Demons and other hell-beings?"

"Ye~s…" I mused.

"The symbols placed around the edge form a sort of timed contract. The time limit changes depending upon the other symbols, maybe changing just one, or placing one upon yourself could change the flow of energy." he stated.

"So it's a bit like maths?" I mused, and Yasu shrugged, grabbing a pen and a sheet of paper.

"I think even that is descended from this text." he mused, a short time later he had a ring of shapes and symbols, and he tapped it, letting me see, before drawing a straight line through one.

"That changes who receives the energy." he whispered, before packing up and tucking the ring away in his shirt pocket. "'Night."…