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I-It's not out of the question that they set us up together—

You could've at least waited till you were out of my earshot.

I can hear everything.

Sorry, Captain Liskarm—

Hmph.

(Whatever. This is probably all Franka's doing.)

(I guess... it's getting more and more difficult for me to act as strict as I used to back at Blacksteel.)

(It's just not easy to keep up that unsympathetic facade anymore now that I'm at Rhodes Island.)

(Sigh... if Franka finds out, she's definitely going to make fun of me for even trying to bluff.)

(If I wasn't with Rhodes Island now, I'm sure I'd have driven myself completely over the edge with how inflexible I used to be.)

(I've changed so much, and I didn't even notice until much later.)

(It was never a problem of good or bad.)

(But... I still have a ways to go.)

(If it wasn't for Rhodes Island, would 'non-Infected' like me ever truly understand the predicaments of the Infected? Would we even wish for everyone to be seen as equals?)

(It wasn't until I stopped being so cautious all the time that I finally noticed all the goodwill around me, small as they may be.)

(It was only then that I came to understand I still had the potential to take on an even greater cause and responsibility.)

(And now that I've understood that, there has to be even more areas where I can learn and improve.)

(I want to set my sights on something far more ambitious... Not like when I was still at Blacksteel, when all I wanted to do was to start a PMC that's 'just like Blacksteel.')

(For me, for my countrymen, and for all the Infected out there, I need to grow even more.)

(Right, I will definitely get there...)

Captain Liskarm? Captain Liskarm!

Think you can open up that bag for us?

The apples are about to come falling down—

What should I do with you girls...?

Hey, girls?

Apple picking isn't for another thirty minutes!