[@DriveEMOut][@Lady Athena]

[color=ed145b][i]Heh, these are the idiots who are your family.[/i][/color]

[color=8882be]"Rather them than the Hīragi, Lyn."[/color] He sighed. [color=8882be]"I probably should have stopped them earlier rather than watching. But I really thought they'd sort this out themselves. Or hoped, rather."[/color]

He grunted as he asked Lyn to empower himself, covering his left hand in a similar gauntlet to the right one, then effortlessly lifting both Jean and Eleanor with each arm and taking them back the barracks. He plonked each one down on a bed, and made no comment on what had happened in the forest.

[color=8882be][i]Sometimes, I feel like I'm the oldest one, Aya. And here I thought you being alive would solve all our problems.[/i][/color]

He went back into a sitting area and sat down, unable to get any further rest.