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Megrez and Sadachbia had not been together when the texts arrived at their senshi phones, though when they were able to check their phones and catch up with each other, they met up and found that they had both received texts from a Sailor Etamin. It took a little digging around in memory, but they both remembered that an Etamin had been present at the puffskis' meeting some time ago. After some discussion, they agreed that they should go meet him.

The duo arrived at the hill at the same time, and Sadachbia greeted Etamin first. "Hey, Etamin! Sorry for taking a while. How are you?"

Megrez took a quick look at her senshi phone and read the text over again. "You want to be more educated on the war...? I can help with that! But you should pick a topic first. If I start at the beginning, we'll be here for days."

"Speaking of topics and phones," Sadachbia said, her attention on Etamin, "Have you read the Senshi Primer? It's on your phone somewhere. It's really helpful and answers a lot of questions. Of course, some answers aren't in the book, but that's what we're here for."

Sadachbia goggled at the sudden flow of questions. "Whoa whoa whoa, slow down! One thing at a time, please!" She looked to Megrez. "Uh... do you know the answers to any of that?"

Megrez tapped her chin as she thought. "I think the war's been going on for a few years now, but I don't really know much about the very beginning. Senshi grow in ranks when a Guardian Cat senses their starseed is ready and gives them a power boost."

"I like the one about the leaders," Sadachbia said. "Do we have any leaders?"

Megrez shook her head. "Not really. Some people have people that gather under them, little groups, but nothing official. And the Chaos leaders... the Negaverse has a General-Queen, and the Dark Mirror Court has at least one Royal Senshi." She paused before shifting onto another question. "And yes, you can go to your homeworld! If you have the old phone, you just press the center button and... listen, and you'll feel your planet pull you towards it. You do the same thing to get home. Just keep in mind that the warp doesn't work for a few weeks after you use it, but the wait gets shorter as you rank up."

"What about the cat stuff?" Sadachbia asked.

"That I don't know anything about. Maybe a Guardian Cat could tell you more... a good one to ask is Ash. She's silver-colored, and she has a purple visor on her face. Makes her hard to miss."

"Chibis?" Sadachbia asked. "What the heck is a chibi?" The world of senshi had so many bizarre terms in it, the origins of which Sadachbia couldn't even guess at.

"Chibi senshi are basically special, younger senshi. I think any senshi younger than 14 is a chibi senshi," Megrez said.

"Oh, right," Sadachbia said, then started muttering to herself about what a weird word chibi was.

"Anyway," Megrez continued, "Chibis can go to their planet, too! They can do pretty much anything normal senshi can." The mention of Order's lack of leader made her frown deeply. "The Royal Senshi... um... honestly, I've only met one. His name is Castor. He's... well, he wants to lead, but I don't think it's a good idea to follow him."

"Why not?" Sadachbia asked. "Well, I mean, I've heard the stories from you, but I think Etamin should know too."

"He's bloodthirsty. A very dangerous person. He left a whole bunch of Negaverse Lieutenants' bodies in a warehouse. There was blood everywhere. He declared war on not just the Negaverse, but anyone who would dare protect them." A strange look spread on Megrez's face, as though she was looking somewhere far away.

Sadachbia was quick to notice the change. "Meg? You okay?" She knew that Megrez did not like to talk about Castor, but that kind of look on the normally cheerful Eternal Senshi was a bit alarming. She knew that Megrez didn't squick easily, so it might not have just been the grisly image she was blanching at. At that point, she figured that she had not gotten the whole story, and for a moment she wished she had been present to witness the original incident.

"Um, yeah, I'm fine. If the Royal Senshi have a duty to bring us together, they don't seem to know about it on their own, or they don't want to lead," Megrez said.

"Or they don't actually exist, or they don't care? The idea of some Princess sitting around, never powering up because she doesn't want to deal with being a Royal, makes me downright mad." Sadachbia was starting to fume; Etamin's question had set off something in her. Why weren't there active Royals, anyway? They were powerful and had the potential for great things. She hoped they weren't avoiding their duties while Destiny City metaphorically burned.

Megrez and Sadachbia both chuckled, though for wildly different reasons. Sadachbia's small laugh was real because she thought it was a cute question to ask, but Megrez's sharp chuckle lacked any real mirth to it.

Sadachbia answered first, as Megrez hesitated. "We defeat the Negaverse. That's the best way to do it."

Megrez's expression seemed to twist in thought. "Yeah. Defeat them, get them to surrender, get them to stop killing people... something like that." She shook her head. "It's not going to be easy." She paused, then added, "Got any other questions?"

"Try not to make them such doozies, I think Megrez's brain is frying," Sadachbia said, earning her a pointed glare from Megrez.