After Claire got some rest, she decided to explore Mitsugoshi since it was a huge building. As she was walking she saw a brown-haired elf sleeping on the floor.

Claire decided to walk over to see what was up with her.

"Hello?" Claire asked poking at her. She stayed asleep so Claire continued to poke at her for a few more minutes before she started shaking her.

"This is getting nowhere," she mumbled to herself.

"Don't worry about her Miss Claire." One of the maids said walking over. "She's like this every morning." Two of the maids in the area proceeded to pick up the girl from her arms and legs and started carrying her somewhere.

"Who is she?" Claire questioned the maid.

"That's Eta one of the seven shades."

Seven shades? Thinking to herself, Claire pondered. Possibly she is one of the people Cid said weren't suited for combat.

I'll meet her later. Claire thought as she continued her walk, examining the layout of the base. As Claire was walking she ran into Eta again.

Eta was walking at a very slow pace down the hall, dragging an absurdly huge wrench with her. Claire stopped in her tracks.

"Hey what were you doing sleeping in th- oh." Claire looked up and saw that she was sleepwalking. Eta didn't seem to notice Claire, continuing her slow, steady pace. Claire quickly stepped aside so Eta could pass, and examined her as she walked away, with the wrench still in her hand.

"...just a peak. It won't make it hurt." She mumbled to herself before hitting a wall and then falling on the floor.

"So that's how she got there before." Claire sighed. "What a troublesome group"

She watched as some maids carried her away again. Claire followed as they carried her.

She found out her bedroom was a mess and had a bunch of mechanical bits and machines everywhere. There were also pictures of Cid with notes next to them. She was confused as to why this was all there.

Claire waited in Eta's sloppy room until she woke up which took over an hour even though it was five hours past dawn. While she was waiting, Claire distracted herself with all the gadgets she had lying around.

One of them was called a "Blender" which spun the inside of the cup if you pressed it down from the top. "Wow," Claire said to herself when the sleeping elf woke up.

"...Boss's sister. Why are you... here? She asked slowly. "Come to... help with research?"

"Research?" She asked.

"I want to... see your brain," Eta answered. "Boss won't... let me see his. Maybe your brain... is close to his."

"Sorry, but I'm not letting you see me or my brother's brain."

"...Just one peak. It won't hurt... not too much" Eta persisted.

"My answer is not changing," Claire said slightly irritated.

"What a shame. You are... an interesting specimen." Eta sighed.

"What are all these things in your room?" Claire asked. trying to change the subject.

"Wisdom" She replied. Her expression changed from looking tired and bored to more of an excited face. "Lord Shadow bestowed all these wonderful ideas for me to invent."

"Uh-huh," Claire said surprised that Cid told her all of these things. But what surprised her more was how fast she changed her tune. She finished that whole sentence without taking any pauses like she did before.

Eta started rambling about her inventions and discoveries. Claire pretended to listen for a while but she kept going on and on. Eventually, Claire decided to come up with an excuse for her to leave.

"I have to go see my brother now." Claire lied. Eta stopped talking for a second and pulled out a big red button.

"What is that?" Claire questioned Eta.

"Stay." That was all Eta said before pressing the button. Suddenly Claire felt a giant metal thing cover her. Eta had locked Claire in a metal tube.

"Lord Shadow is...coming soon," Eta said back to her lazy self. "Wait here"

As much as Claire wanted to get out, The metal tube was more comfortable than it sounds. There were soft cushions on the inside that had a pleasant smell to it. There were also buttons on the inside that made the cushions vibrate.

"You can listen... until Lord Shadow comes," Eta said. She returned to her energized self.

Eta went on rambling about the "Shadow Wisdom" she received for 2 hours. To her, it felt like only a couple of minutes. To Claire, it was 2 hours of comfortable suffering.

"...Bathroom," Claire said after 2 hours. This time she wasn't lying. "I have to use the bathroom."

Eta stopped rambling for a second. She looked at Claire for almost a minute straight.

"Okay." She said monotonously. She slowly reached into the pocket of her lab coat again then pressed it.

"You're too extreme," Claire said before running off to the bathroom.

Eta did not reply since Shadow said the same thing to her. "Hmm.. maybe I should've... used the one with... the toilet." She said to herself.

Needless to say, Claire decided to stay away from her.