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You both already believe too strongly in your own ways. I can't let those any of those lively little creatures go around saying things like you're right, and he's wrong.

No, Alina. I can't go and do something I don't even believe in myself.

That's true. It's another one of the tricks with which Kashchey bound you, exploited you.

You're just saying there's no way I can wipe him out, right?

It's a sort of idea, after all. We probably don't have much chance of wiping out an idea...

But I'm still just that bit confident.

Confident in what?

If we're still by your side when that time comes, we'll definitely be able to pull you back.

It doesn't matter what kind of Arts Kashchey had, we'll definitely have a way of breaking them down. There's always something we can do.

In this battle, we'll start from words and language, start from the next moment, start from a facial expression. We'll start from now.

They'll know what mushrooms are safe to eat, how to raise livestock, how to get better a little sooner if you catch a cold.

We'll try and try not to lose.

*chuckle*.

And I believe in you. You will have the chance to talk Patriot over.

I'll just force myself to take that as encouragement.

Mm, I'm done sewing. You can give it to her.

I can tell she really cherishes this cloak. It looks like one the army made. And it's three layers inside, three layers outside. It makes it seem really big.

It probably is an army cloak. That, or it's...

Ah.

...Out of all the reasons Mr. Patriot keeps fighting, we just might have found one of them.

Thank you, Alina.

...Wait!

What is it? I'm about to prepare tomorrow's lesson. It's a drawing lesson, so they're all looking forward to it.

I'll bring back two brushes for you, next time.

I mean, what I want to say... what I want to ask is, do you really... not want to get to know FrostNova and the others?

The fighters all know we have a good few Infected teachers, it's just that you've been keeping yourself tucked away, all...

Not right now, Talulah.

Once that Infected common ideal of yours becomes reality, we'll naturally come to know each other then.

And besides, we're all fighters, just on different battlefields. We'll know all about each other sooner or later, won't we?

You're right, Alina. Infected Fighter, Alina.