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...You're not telling me, you edited EVEN MORE of those?

Yeah. Yours, Iwona's, and a couple other members'.

I was considering doing one for our new recruit Justyna too, but I didn't have much inspiration for her at the time, so for now we just gotta get to know each other better.

YOU—

Ashlock Knight, what are you doing here?! We've been looking for you forever!

Huh? What's Flametail Knight doing here t... yeek! What happened to all those people?!

You go tell the director he's got a little trash to sweep up here. I figure the garbage truck'll be passing by soon.

Er, okay. Anyway, Ashlock Knight, come with me quick, your match is underway!

You wait here, Sona.

I'm heading into the arena to dispatch my opponent, and then I'm coming back to dispatch <i>you.</i>

Do you see now? That's why I'm here to end her life.

I see.

More and more, I feel like joining Pinus Sylvestris was the right decision.

...And what exactly in our conversation could've led you to THAT conclusion?

Lots.

If my guess is correct, the bar owner Sona took over for is the one who taught her photography.

And at the same time, he's the 'friend' she said told her about the PR problem—the director for your match.

...I'm sorry?

In that bar, she met the ex-director turned bar owner, made friends with him, then learned some photography from him later.

Not only that, she cleared up the haze hanging over him, and made him willing to hand management of the bar over to her and return to his own work.

Finally, he noticed something was wrong with your promo, and notified Sona straight away.

That's my understanding.

For serious?

All I got out of it was that last night, she taught Justyna how to run a bar, then sprinted over to my place to teach me how to work the camera, then went and solved the thing with Greynuty's PR vid for her.

I knew she was fast, but that's screwy fast!

Seen another way, it shows that she never lets the problems each member of her Knightclub faces escape her.

You're right. Incredible, she is, that Sona.

Wait, wait, why do you two admire her MORE now?!

Because seeing the reality, I have to admit... she's a leader far beyond what I imagined.

Maybe she's just lucky, you don't know.

Then I have a question.

I once had the idea of establishing a Knightclub, and looked into it. So I know—

It'd be almost impossible for an Infected to form a Knightclub focused on Infected.

So in the course of founding Pinus Sylvestris, did you ever run into any difficulties?

Now you mention it, after Sona said she was going to found a Knightclub, there was a little while before she brought me straight here.

And told me that as of today, this would be Pinus Sylvestris's base.

...That settles it then. Every last thing I thought impossibly hard to deal with, she dealt with.

How hard?

Harder than you actually getting to tear off her head today, perhaps.

...Tch.

She's always like this, never telling me a damn thing.

I haven't known her for long, but I've never once seen her just say what's on her mind like that.

Ashlock, you're her closest companion. If she were ever in a difficult place, I don't think she'd keep it from you.

What are you trying to tell me?

That maybe, you've gotten it into your head... that she won't share her burdens with you.

But maybe... the reason she never tells you is just because... none of it registers as difficult for her.

From her perspective, she's not hiding problems she doesn't want to drag you into, she's just...

Dealing with things naturally as they come, and there's never much about them she needs to share.

That... does seem like the way she'd do things.

Wild Mane just said Sona did three things yesterday.

But maybe, it's just that we only know of three things.

Who knows. Maybe there were five, ten, or even more.

To Sona, the photography Iwona found so hard might've just been one of the many skills in her pocket.

Maybe, a day in her life is more full than any of us can imagine.

Man, that was fun stuff. I've gotta find someone to spar with me, ASAP.

Sona?!

Huh? Hey, the whole gang's here.

Morning, Ashley, everyone.

Morn... wait, why did you come out of the <i>training grounds?</i>

Don't tell me you were there all night?!

Sure was.

After I got back from the arena last night, I watched a little Left-hand Knight footage, did a little solo training.

Slept right there in the training grounds.

...sakes.

You—You did all of that yesterday and STILL felt like staying behind and training?!

By all of that, you mean... all of what exactly?

Taking Justyna to the bar, teaching Iwona photography, sorting out my PR reel? Was that not enough for you?

Ahh—that's just 'cause everything just happened to line up in the evening.

Whassup, Ashley?

You look like you're gonna fall apart there. What's wrong? Talk to me. Who knows, I might be able to help?

You're the cause, okay...

Me...? Something wrong with me?

Look, putting that aside, studying those Left-hand Knight tapes gave me a pretty fun idea I'm sitting on right now.

C'mon, let's go test it out.

Tch. I've decided.

You filmed me in secret, so now I'm going to film you back.

Sure! I was just thinking I had no one to shoot my own promo.

All day today, I'm going to follow you. Wherever you go, I'll go with you.

I'm going to see just how much you can do in a single day!

Haha, that's a lotta pep in your step for you, Ashley! Heck yeah!

And we'll start with me laying you flat on the ground!

Let's roll!

...Hey, wait up, Sona, take your camcorder back first!

...The Infected have no place to go.

But together with these people, with Flametail Knight Sona... perhaps, Justyna the Infected can go anywhere.