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Rather than slipping out of her usual mirror-in-the-bushes that was in the park, Sailor Leto decided to emerge a little further away. If she kept coming out of the same mirror, someone would catch on and she would inevitably get herself into a lot of trouble if a group of Senshi planned her demise together. After meeting with Grus from that same mirror, she made a silent vow to herself to use that one far less. She had to stop being so damn predictable.

While she didn't exit out of her usual park mirror, she did however decide that that was where she would patrol. Again. She would normally patrol Blood Moon territory of the city, but lately she had been drawn to the park. Apparently that's where all the Senshi action was these days.

She kept her head low while she walked through the park, she figured if someone on the other side was going to attack her, she'd feel them before she saw them anyway.

And that's when she felt the familiar chill up her spine of a White Moon Senshi. Her eyes raised only to realize that she had ended up in the very same area of the park where she had been attacked by Pomona and Albireo. And that the aura that she sensed was, ironically enough, one of those two very Senshi.

Her entire body tensed as she stared at the other girl in complete silence.

Leto took a step back from Sailor Albireo, never letting her eyes stray from staring at her. Her body language screamed defensive, and she was immediately regretting her journey into the park tonight.

"Yeah. Fancy that," she replied, her voice low. "Seems you've made it a habit to hang out near my mirror. Don't you think that's asking for trouble?" Her eyebrow quirked slightly when she asked the question. While she wasn't looking for a fight with this girl, that didn't mean she wouldn't be threatening.

Rather than crossing her arms as usual, her hands hung limply at her side as she shifted her weight. She really didn't know why the hell she was patrolling the last few nights when her leg was bothering her so badly. Apparently she wasn't ready to dive back into being a civilian full time, not when Leto had so much to do. Quinn could wait until after Leto's work was done.

Wait. What did Albireo just say? Was this Senshi apologizing to her? She was the one that brought her her mirror, so maybe there was some goodness in her after-all. A dumbfounded look was very very apparent on Leto's face, and she simply blinked at the other girl.

"Uh...." She wasn't entirely sure what to say. "A little better, I guess. Knee still hurts."

Leto eyed Albireo suspiciously and moved slowly towards the bench that she mentioned, making sure not to turn her back on the other Senshi for even a split second. While she wasn't inclined to attack her, she sure as hell didn't trust Albireo regardless of her apologies.

She narrowed her eyes as the girl questioned her. "Yes, I'm a Dark Mirror Senshi," she answered her while mentally wondering who she would ahve ran into. She told the other Dark Mirror Senshi to call her the second they ran into either Albireo or Pomona and clearly someone didn't do that.

"Nothing, really. Just an easy place to find civilians late at night that doesn't involve me wandering through dark alleys on my own."

She leaned back into the cool wood of the bench, figuring that if Albireo was going to attack her she probably would have done so by now.

"So why do you keep coming back? If you know we patrol here? You apologized, so what's going on? Are you trying to be our friend? If you want to join you just have to ask and I can call Ares..." She shrugged her shoulders slightly.

"It would be quick. You come out of it feeling... Different. Good. Clear headed."

Leto shifted slightly so she was sitting almost sideways on the bench and facing Albireo. Apparently they were getting comfy to have a little talk, like old friends.

Maybe this was one she really could get to switch sides. Was this why Ares wanted them to talk to the White Moon Senshi rather than throw punches? Whatever. Throwing punches was way more fun. But now was not the time nor the place for fists. Tonight, Leto felt like being civil for... Some reason. Maybe she was secretly a little afraid of the innocent Swan Senshi.

Unlike all of the newly awakened Dark Mirror Senshi, Leto had gone through the actual conversion process. She was brought over from Order to Chaos as if she was baptized into a new faith.

"If you said yes... In all honesty? You get thrown through a mirror," she said with a big grin. "Which really isn't as awful as that probably sounds." She laughed a little and brushed some stray strands of hair away from her eyes. "And when you come out of it? You come out enlightened, full of a knowledge that you can't even imagine." There was a glimmer in her red eyes.

"We're not asked to hurt people, you realize that right? We don't patrol every night to kill innocent civilians. We drain energy, but we're not out to hurt anyone. We're asked to talk to you guys, to convince you that you're on the wrong path. Not fight with you. Obviously I've chosen to do things a little differently, but that is a personal decision. They're not all like me. You wouldn't have to do things my way."

She knew very well that she was a bit of a bully.

She shook her head, "No. Well, I guess maybe at first? I don't remember, I think it shattered. It didn't hurt when it was over-with though, so I guess that's the important thing."

While she wasn't about to divulge all of the Dark Mirror Court's secrets, answering simple questions (especially in hopes of converting her) wouldn't hurt anyone. She made a mental note to have a few words with Remarque after Albireo mentioned his name.

"Mirror walking was strange at first. It becomes second nature, though. We can take people through, which is kind of cool."

Leto tensed at the question about the Negaverse. The two factions were definitely both Chaos, but she was sure that some agents would never say that the Dark Mirrors with with them.

"I suppose you could say we're with them," anything beyond that was a technicality. "We fight for them to keep the Earth so that we can go home to our own planets where we belong. Chaos will restore it all. And uh, I don't know who or what a Dahlia is, sorry."

She could tell the other girl was getting uncomfortable- maybe because she was actually considering what Leto was saying? She stared at her for a brief moment.

"You can go whenever you'd like. I'm not gonna stop you, I promise." How good a Chaos Senshi's word was to Albireo was a mystery to Leto.

"I've seen her, I don't know her personally yet." Truth was, there were very few Negaverse agents that she really knew.

"And about Chaos restoring? I don't know," at least she was being honest. "It's just something I feel. And in the stories of the Negaverse and from my Princess, it's hard not to believe it." She offered the girl a kind smile- something she didn't do often, especially not to White Moon Senshi.

"I came out of that mirror a changed person. Both literally and figurtively, actually. I'm a better person because of it, even if you guys don't understand or believe it. But for all you know, we may know each other as civilians. I could be your best friend and you'd never know it. We're not bad people. We just power up into something different than you. My teammates may not see things the way I do because they were awakened into this. I was changed. I was a White Moon Senshi, and I would never go back to that."

The things she did as a White Moon Senshi were unthinkable. Torturing and killing people, in the name of what exactly? At the time she (and the others in the Blood Moon Court) thought they were doing the right thing. But now that she was changed, she knew that she was wrong and she would do what it took to make it right.

"Doesn't have to happen now. I get it, I really do. When I was on your side, I wouldn't have considered switching sides. But I also didn't get to have sit down discussions with Negaverse Agents about the rights and wrongs of Chaos. It's different, coming from another Senshi though. Plus," she said with a broad grin. "Mirror walking is badass."

Leto stood up, taking a second to steady herself on her sore leg. "Take as long as you need. I'm sure we'll meet again if you decide to continue hanging out near my mirror. And if you choose not to? Having a friendly face on the other team isn't so bad either."

Maybe Leto wasn't a big meanie face after-all.

"Any time," she said. "It might be kinda hard to believe, but I listen as well as I throw punches and I'm actually a pretty decent girl. If you ever need to talk, just hang around here, I check that mirror often. There's nothing wrong with feeling confused, it's bizarre... This whole turning into a magical girl to save the world thing. You're not alone in the confusion, no matter which side you fight for."

She took a few steps away from her, turning her back to her for the first time that night. In her own twisted way, that was Leto's subtle way to show that she trusted her. Sort of.

She waved a hand in the air dismissing her offer to help her to the mirror. "Thankfully I'm in better shape this time around, thanks though." She glanced over her should at her, flashed her a quick smile and waved before hobbling off to her mirror.

"See you around, Albireo!" she called before slipping into the mirror.