Rokudou Ryuuichi’s words trailed off.

He saw something in the camera.

Francisca 1 had been completely swallowed up by a transformed mass of wires and was being dropped down in to the middle of the white city. Francisca 2 had barely managed to avoid getting wrapped up by another one, but the narrow wires had sliced pieces off the edges of the craft, destroying its ability to fly.

[...]

“AWACS to Francisca 3. Eject! Your engine is about to blow!!”
“Do they look like gentlemen? They’d just slice me to pieces, parachute and all!!”
His altitude dropped significantly.
He was no longer flying; he was falling slowly.


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