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Movement, Doctor.

Power armor?

No. Who could be in a secret passage at this hour...?

Hold it, Rosmontis.

Doctor, Operator Rosmontis... what are you doing here?

I see... sorry, Doctor, I've been maintaining radio silence because I had infiltrated Rhine to retrieve data for Kal'tsit.

As for Kal'tsit's whereabouts, I have no idea either.

The remaining power armor...

I destroyed five before running into you and the Doctor. That makes a total of twelve, which matches the number that the Defense Section lost.

And so, I went to find someone.

I'm guessing the feeling of being dragged out of a suit of power armor is not something you want to experience again, Reggie.

What orders did Ferdinand give you?

He only wanted to borrow a few suits of power armor.

Ferdinand can't be trusted.

What about you?

How do I trust someone who repeatedly ignores the rules that she set, showing up at Rhine whenever she wants, who abandoned all her responsibilities?

He took over Defense when you left. He paid our wages for the past few years.

He remembers our names, our hobbies, even gives us gifts, every once in a while.

Ferdinand may have been an asshole.

But I have to say, Director Saria—

That asshole paid our bills.

The Vice President is still inside Rhine. You know the consequences if something happens.

We must check everything that Ferdinand may have touched.

Just the ten suits of power armor. You have my word.

Ten?

I destroyed seven, Saria destroyed five...

That's impossible!

Ferdinand only borrowed ten. I watched him enter the commands myself!

What kind of man is Ferdinand, Saria?

Proud, arrogant, thinks himself better than everyone else.

But if there's one thing that sets him above other people...

It's that he actually puts his boasts into action.

Unless I'm mistaken...

I don't think those ten mechs are for assassinating the Vice President.

What?

As for the two extra ones...;Looks like he and the army are on guard against each other.;Ferdinand doesn't want the Vice President assassinated at Rhine Lab.