"Just how much are you aware of, Alan? Because while we were able to thwart most of the attacks tonight, it appears that Manaka succeeded in a goal she set for herself, and managed to secure some of my blood." You are deeply troubled by Manaka's prioritization of a sample of your blood. You don't know just what the girl is after with your blood, but seeing as it was able to be used as the primary material in the creation of somebody as powerful as Alítheia is, you know that whatever Manaka is plotting with your blood simply cannot be good news for you... or likely reality as a whole.

"Yeah, I saw. It's... not something I saw coming, would you believe it? Things tend to get a little... blurry, whenever you're involved, you know?" Alan sounds just a tiny bit frustrated as he speaks.

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