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I'm a vampire, of course I can see.

So can I.

All right then, on we go.

Now I know what I just said, but did I step on something?

Augh! Wh- what is this!

Nothing to get all upset about...

Is that... a gachapon machine? What's it doing here?!

Huh. 'Furry Friends Collection. 12 different furry friends to...' Wow, secret level! Awesome!

Clo-sure!

It's been a long time since I worked in a dark pipeline like this. I really missed it.

And Rhodes Island wasn't nearly this big back then.

Spanner, please!

Thanks, Mon3tr!

Hm...

What is it?

I can't reach it. Can you give me a boost so I can fix the cable?

Okay.

Oof... This whole area has been totally cut off from the power supply. We can start troubleshooting.

Kal'tsit, do you think it was a mistake to go to Chernobog and rescue the Doctor?

It was certainly unwise to enter Chernobog at that time.

So...

Amiya was very firm in her decision. No one could sway her. And you know how the elite operators are.

It only happened because you abstained.

I'm starting to think this was some kind of test of Amiya?

Test? No, not a test. Or rather if it was a test, it wasn't me administering it. It was the situation she found herself in.

But as firmly as she believed in that decision, I could only support her... Though I certainly didn't have to make her feel like it would all go smoothly.

Her choice is her choice.

Well said. But you're the one who has to deal with the consequences. Aren't you tired...?

Nobody gets it all right from beginning to end, Closure. Not even me.

But we made it through the darkness. Now we just wait for the light at the end of the tunnel.

Also, that second cable right above your head is about to fall.

Hey hey hey! Hold me steady! If the three-pin power connector drops, that's the end of both of us.

Okay, hold up, I'm laying out the wire.

Did you just stuff two whole sets of wires in behind them?

Shhh! I must feel the thrum of the electricity in my own heart, to achieve peace and balance with the current.

I advise you to mull over what you just said.

But, Kal'tsit... Oh, should be good. Try the switch.

I was saying, regardless of what kind of riddle you were just playing at, if you're walking in the dark, you need some kind of light, right?

Aren't we fixing the lights right now?

Yeah, there we go.

Closure.

Why are you asking me about these things?

Because if I don't ask, you don't tell.

You let it all well up inside you until you go crazy.

So my answers don't even matter to you?

I think all these things you told me are reeeeeeaaally important, to you.

So yeah it's not that important what you say... but it's really super important that you say it, and I hear it with my own two ears.

What a waste of time.

Next time I'll just hand you the written report.

But then you wouldn't come with me.

Says who?

As long as you really have some lights that need fixing.

Promise?

How is it I always end up making some strange, inexplicable deal with you?

That's what an engineer does!

Here, Kal'tsit, take a look at this light bulb.

It's very clear?

Yeah, clear!

If only you were like this all the time, I'd be a lot less tense.

If only...

Woah! Shut up! Don't say it!

Just be quiet... and enjoy this little light together.

It really is a nice, gentle light.