I gave Ryn an unimpressed stare when she kicked Gregory inside the chamber of Schadenfreude, "He was starting to be a pain to deal with, he's done it before. So I have no idea what he is so worried about." She commented with a frown while I kept staring at her.

She seems... tense.

She didn't seem to take it well, giving me a glare with those sharp eyes of hers... heh, sometimes I think she is too much like Yesod, "What the hell is with that stare?"

At her question, I tilted my head and nodded to myself, "You are worried about Yesod aren't you?" I bluntly asked. Her glare became even sharper, and I in response threw an even bigger unimpressed stare at her.

Ryn sighed and scratched the back of her head, "What of it? I like him, and he gets things done even if others don't like it, just like his job demands of him." I perked up at that last bit of information.

"What exactly is demanded of him? I never got the details." My question was met with uncomfortable silence, I was actually surprised that Ryn could look that vulnerable.

She sighed and for a moment it seemed like she wasn't going to answer, "Don't you find it weird that we have no records on the Death-Tolls? In Information of all places?" My mind went back to what was now a training room.

"I... had a guess." But never a full-blown answer, something that is about to change.

Ryn looked at her hand like it was a sinful thing, "I had helped with that you know, when he isn't looking I took those names out to make it a bit easier for him, just like I did before coming here. He puts a rational facade to deal with everything." So... we just may never know how many people died, WHO died.

Why they died, and I wasn't angry, but simply disheartened.

I gave her one look to see if she was going to keep talking, after a moment of silence she continued, "I worked at a Wing before, had to do something similar before, record the number of resources but not their costs, to accommodate to the environment... I left when I couldn't handle it anymore. But I ended up here in a worse place, doing THE SAME, but I kept going because I wasn't the only one in pain." Well... I'm not even sure what to say.

Yesod is demanded... by Angela. The Manager wouldn't know, he is only told until it's relevant, and those deaths aren't seen as important. Only Angela would know, only Angela could enforce it.

"Safe from the flood."

Yesod... you were always drowning, weren't you?

"So yeah, I'm worried because YOU have, without knowing anything, throw in his face what he tried his best to rationalize as 'better' for the employees." Her words had no heat to them, she most likely couldn't bring herself to be confrontational.

I looked at the camera, she must know that Yesod was watching... was she telling Yesod it was fine? "I... can't, I WON'T accommodate to that way of thinking. If we start to rationalize everything as the 'correct' thing, we start to lose sight of something more important." I talked, just like she did because if he was listening then he had to hear this.

"And here we go... the classical 'their lives are important' speech." Ryn rolled her eyes as if she heard it before.

But that was... sadly not the point I was trying to make, "The moment we have to make a choice, to give in, to give up or give it all you got, I'm picking the last one." I said with a morbid smile.

Ryn gave me a narrowed stare, "Why would you do that to yourself?" I... really don't know, not fully at least, it's like in my blood to be this determined.

But if I had to put it in words? "I'm just too damn stubborn for my own good." Yeah, that works well enough.

"Trigger, would you please do Insight work on Red?"

I smiled at Malkuth, using the same name I use for Red... when did she start doing that? Guess I should get moving, "I'll see you later Ryn, good luck." I turned around and started walking away.

But I did manage to hear the mumbles of Ryn... something like 'fucking prick trying to sound cool' or something like that, didn't hear everything after all.

Making my way towards the elevator, I threw one last glance behind me. Seeing Ryn pick herself up and walk towards the new abnormality put in the place of the 'Heart'... Opened Can of Wellcheers, weird name.

Guess she is getting back on her feet.

Just to pass along the moment Beth opened her door, the door of the Warm-Hearted Woodsman...

We stared at each other, then back at the RUNNING Woodsman.

"GODDAMNIT TRIGGER!" Shouted Beth and prepared her axe, I decided to do the same and get some practice with my own... and also see if I can make something work.

To be honest, seeing the Woodsman running was quite surprising considering just how bulky the damn thing is. The giant man of steel rose his axe and swung down towards us, making us jump away, me to the left and Beth to the right.

"Warm-Hearted Woodsman has breached, contain him quickly"

No shit Yesod.

I took a deep breath and... well-tried to make the same feeling come to me. I heard the same thumping in my chest, like meaty thwacks, and the Woodsman seemed to slow down.

My veins are bulging and that's when I knew that it happened again, the Woodsman was moving high in the air, I frowned at how slow he seemed. But that wasn't my main worry, he was in slow-motion, but when Gebura attacked and this happened, she still moved faster than me.

Then that just means I have to learn this power better and to do that, I jumped and cut his shoulder completely, separating him from his weapon. The Woodsman still threw his body forward like he didn't know he lost an arm.

It was when it stumbled forward that he seemed to pick up what happened, just for Beth to jump over him and swing her axe down in his head, cutting it in half and reaching just to his collar bone.

Beth removed her axe and threw me an incredulous look, "Are you like... going to explain that?" I glanced at her and took a deep breath, then exhaled, seeing steam leave my mouth and making me feel like I ran a marathon.

I was also sweating quite a bit, "Many things, don't worry I'll explain... when I figure it out myself." I told Beth, who sighed and watched as the Woodsman disappeared back into his chamber, still no clue how that works.

"If you say so... just be careful." I threw her a thumbs up and made my way towards the elevator, the sweating getting worse.

Once I was inside the elevator, I started gasping, and I grasped my chest tightly. I leaned against the wall while the elevator moved up, "Yup... gonna have to work on that." I have to make use of everything at my disposal.

I still remember Malkuth's words of what lies ahead. I saw what those two are capable of, to make it through I HAVE to be able to stand up to them in some way.

The road is long, I talk the talk.

Now to walk the walk.