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*The citadel was easily thousands of times bigger than the simple beta unit that Hes had destroyed. Effectively attacking the citadel would be nearly impossible by the same method. Hes's attack wouldn't do much more than tear up unused buildings and slap air. Of course, the barrier wasn't designed to resist such sorcery, but like the barrier before it it had some magic interfering capabilities, and those might help to hinder Hes's cognitive ability with her invisible attacks. The ring of fire was a little more destructive, but since the important parts of the citadel were able to take a heavy beating, she was going to need a lot more than randomly spewed attacks to do anything. Even if the barrire couldn't prevent these spontaneously formed attacks, that didn't mean that Mastema himself couldn't. For the moment Mastema made little response to Hes; she was doing well enough at making a fool of herself without his response*

Slayer: *Slayer was aware that attacks were happening elsewhere, but the high heat fire didn't concern him at the moment* You may have damaged the child's ears you bafoon! The citadel is under assault and you're already blowing yourself to kingdom come! *Slayer now rather angrily addressed both Tyr and Orias. He felt it best to care for Eecheb on his own* If you two are done playing I suggest you get out there and start defending this place!

*Mastema stayed as he was, not responding to Hes but not ignoring her presence either. He had another idea for Hes*

*Hes would hear a strange humming sound around her. Even if this wasn't Alpha, she'd got the attention of something. The sound would hit high and low points at uneven intervals*

*Nana's confirmation that Mastema was still present would come when his fingers were clearly felt on her back and hair. All in all it was a pleasant way to wake up, considering she'd quite happily fallen asleep the same day. The fire outside didn't make much noise, so there wasn't much to say about it*

*Mastema chuckled softly at the greetings* Likewise, dear *He turned his head just enough to place a kiss on her forehead* You slept soundly for the entire night. I am glad. *Mastema continued to stroke up and down her back; his other arm went the opposite direction of hers and rested on top of/behind her shoulder*

*Down on level 77, Thanatos was still oblivious to the attacks and was now back at his computer terminal, examining data with a fearful attitude. Trilla was still wrapped in a warm blanket on his bed*

If you are more comfortable in your sleep then that is even better. I was a little worried about your comfort while you slept. *Whether Mastema was serious or not was a matter not really worth worrying about, though one would think that by now mastema would have realized that he made a better bed to both his wife and his daughter than their beddings. The same would be true right now. Nana was snugly held to Mastema for the moment, and he didn't seem intent on letting her go at the moment*

Than: *No matter how much he was examining the data, Than didn't forget that his sister was in the room, not from fear of her seeing what he was researching but because he was a protective brother. Every five minutes he turned his head to make sure she was still all right, and if she seemed uncomfortable, he would move her in her sleep in such a way that she didn't wake until she was sound again. Most of the information was in depth and required heavy reading before Than came across anything shocking. Right now he was reading over the early design plans of Zio; there wasn't much interesting there, yet. In the back of his mind, Than never felt more grateful to have Trilla with him to remind him that there was more than just the information on his screen*

*Mastema couldn't do much more than stay where he was for now. Mastema let his thoughts slip again to the box Slayer had given him. Perhaps he was deciding its fate*

Than: *Several minutes would pass as Than continued to read. Parway through his reading, Thanatos's eye became wide and continued reading. After another few paragraphs, Thanatos stood up with such speed that his chair fell backwards and smacked the ground* !!?

Hmm? *Mastema blinked and turned to Nana. It might have been the one few times Nana would see Mastema caught off guard by such a simple question* Oh the many things that I catch drifting through my mind at any given moment. Many of them pertain to the conference. I believe after we have spent some time on your rehabilitation, I will see to it to ask the children individually if they will come. *It was a nice idea; it was just too bad that Mastema had answered the question with a lie*

Than: *shaking off his daze, hearing his name spoken brought him back to attention. All at once he realized that the chair had fallen and awoken Trilla* Huh!? ._. Oh... ah.... Hai, I'm here. *Thanatos took a few short steps, the first couple a little shakily. He sat down on the bedside*

*He nodded* Yes, I believe the best place to hold this meeting would be the 100th floor. The space is more than accomodating for all who attend, and it will allow facilitated use of Zio. Holographic demonstrations and projections will no doubt be useful. It will also be much easier for you to reach that location.

Than: ^^; Ack... sorry..... *Thanatos stroked where Trilla had hit her head for a moment, and helped her sit up next to him* How are you? *Thanatos's voice was obviously shaken up and a little fearful*

Oh they all have access to transportation, so I can leave that to them. Getting there will not be a big problem. *The entire time, Mastema had not changed his position, save for tilting his head back more*

Than: *Than blinked when Trilla grabbed his hand and nuzzled her cheek against it; it made him smile* Funny huh? ^^; Hopefully that will go away in a bit. *Even when she gave her response, Thanatos didn't look away from her eyes. Though he did wonder why she chose those words* sweatdrop Eheh.... oh it's nothing... my chair just tilted back too far and I scared myself ^^; just waiting to get over it... that's all.