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Taking the earrings, Alicia looked them over as Rachel explained how they worked. She gave a small nod to go with the explanation before handing them back. "Something is better than nothing," she observed as Justine approached. It was unfortunate that they had no way of knowing for sure that it could protect someone who didn't have a Shinespark, but that they had anything at all was more than the rest of the people here had done. 'Beggars couldn't be choosers', and all that.

She looked over as Justine conversed with Rachel, choosing not to comment on the tension between the two of them. She could hardly blame Rachel for feeling that way considering all that Justine had done in the past. While Alicia knew that Justine had been purified, the burden still remained for the girl to atone through her actions.

For now though Alicia left things as they were and did not engage at all. Luckily there was an easy distraction provided courtesy of the 'Brain Unscrambler'. [color=aba000]"I hope that thing is durable,"[/color] she noted as she looked over the device from nearby. [color=aba000]"It seems like the sort of thing that will draw attention."[/color]

Still, it was useful to have. They would need to incorporate it into their plan accordingly. While Nefer figured out how she would get around, Alicia's mind was on other practical problems. [color=aba000]"We should probably have the Brain Unscrambler go with the team that is rescuing Alex and Brittany. Especially since we don't know what state they're in,"[/color] she added. It would be awkward if they ended up fighting the people they were trying to save because of Wonderland's influence.