The gas mask came as a slight shock, but after those dark shapes' appearance Aoi was willing to accept it as necessary protective equipment. While his voice was understandable through the muffling of the mask, she still slightly misheard his introduction.

"Ronald... of the Gilgamesh Federation? Is that some branch of Fenrir that I haven't heard about?" Aoi tilted her head as she ran down the list of Fenrir branches. When she came back with nothing, she simply decided it was something she didn't know. "Whatever. Here, let me get that for you, Ronald."

She approached the strangely suited man cautiously, as she was still shaken by the shapes. She set the tip of her God Arc on the ground behind him, leaning the hilt on her shoulder (well, above her shoulder, but you get the idea). She took his hands in her own and, saying, "Relax your shoulders," she pulled them back to cleave the chain. Luckily, the man seemed to be wearing a non-biological-material suit, which would prevent the God Arc from taking a bite out of him if he fell onto it.

Then came the explosions.