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There was a funky aura off in the distance. Not quite the kind of aura that Cor Caroli was seeking out right now; he was looking for a more traditional Chaos aura than this one. In fact, it took him a bit to remember that this was the way a Dark Mirror senshi's aura felt. He didn't seem to encounter them quite so often, so this was something of a surprise. Well, approaching couldn't cause that much harm, right? About 100% less threat of starseed yankage than dealing with the Negaverse.

So, letting his curiosity win the battle, Cor decided to approach the Dark Mirror senshi in the park. Surely, a Dark Mirror could provide some interesting information, too. He whistled a little as he approached, not being subtle at all (as though the aura wouldn't be a tip off anyway). "Nice night to be a senshi, right? Any kind of senshi, that is," he called out.

Lazy Dark Mirror was lazy. No movement, barely registered his presence until he spoke, and even then seemed to be on standby. A flash of sadness passed through Cor Caroli's mind as he realized that this Dark Mirror senshi would have been a sitting duck for any other White Moon senshi with less restraint. Then again, maybe she was capable of getting off standby fairly quickly. Who knew? Cor wasn't going to push it.

Cor gave a short chuckle. "'Something external,' huh? Yeah, sounds about right. I mean, every powered person gets a boost to strength and speed and stuff, but Knights have to hold their weapons to use magic. Kind of limiting, right? And agents, well... Lieutenants tend to get screwed over by their joke weapons a lot. I feel kind of bad for them, I guess." He shifted his weight, contemplating sitting down next to the Dark Mirror, but he didn't want to be too exposed in case she changed her mind. "So, what were you doing? Just enjoying being one of Destiny City's powered people, or...?"

Cor Caroli nodded, listening to Mithra go on about her stance on those poor Negaverse suckers. "You don't sound too happy with them. Aren't you guys supposed to be allies with the Negaverse, or something? Or are they kind of fair-weather friends?" He paused, taking a look over his shoulder at the mention of the wraith, as though he expected it to be flitting around somewhere nearby. "Eh. One little wraith in a big city like Destiny City would be too much trouble to find. A Negaverse agent at least has an aura. ...Do your wraith things have auras?" He wasn't extremely bothered. He'd heard whispers that the Dark Mirror Court was more Order-friendly these days, though he wasn't quite sure how solid those whispers really were.

"The circus thing?" Cor Caroli felt a pang of panic go through his heart. "Oh, yeah. I remember that, kind of. All I wanted was to find my wheel, haha..." The laugh came out exceedingly awkward, and he scratched the back of his head. "I didn't snap out of the circus persona thing still a bit later than everyone else, I think. That was definitely a nasty series of events, though. The way that guy popped those starseeds like literal candy... yikes. Just thinking about it gives me the gibbers." Indeed, he gave a visible shudder at the thought. That guy's behavior wasn't natural at all. "That's kind of weird, now that I think about it. I'm hoping they were some kind of Negaverse lunatic fringe or something, and that they're not always that willing to literally cannibalize their own like that."

When the topic switched to the wraiths, Cor might have let a small sigh of relief escape. "Well, an educated guess is better than nothing. And it still tells me that I probably wouldn't be able to find your wraith, so." This time, he sighed more audibly and put his hands behind his head. "You know, I don't think I got your name. Super Sailor Cor Caroli, Senshi of Will and all-around defensive magic guy, at your service." His manners prodded him to extend a hand for a handshake, but a sitting-to-standing handshake was kind of awkward sometimes.

"Spider thing?" Oh, geez. Cor must have been super self-absorbed at the time. How the heck hadn't he heard of this? "Care to explain? In case you're wondering, yes, I was living under a rock at the time." That was the only explanation that made a lick of sense to him. When Mithra introduced herself, he made a thoughtful noise. "Mantis shrimp, huh? Aren't those the things with the ability to basically rip your thumbs open if you don't hold them right? They either stab you or they smash you. Looks like you won the offensive power roulette!" Stabby or smashy powers sounded awesome, but also like a lot of responsibility. Being the team's main damage dealer sounded like a lot of pressure, particularly if glass cannon tendencies abounded.

Cor couldn't help but chuckle at the rapid-fire explanation. "That sounds wild. But you know what? How can you explain half the stuff that goes on in this crazy city? Maybe it's a good thing it got covered up, because the Negaverse covering their tracks sometimes covers other factions up in the process, too. Either that or they blame it on the White Moon, but it looks like we got lucky this time, sorta."

The second half of what Mithra said gave Cor pause, however. "Wait wait wait. Hold up. You use that super glass cannon punching power against normal civilians? Isn't that kind of extreme? Like, we already get a boost to speed and strength. Can't you just give those a-holes a normal punching out instead of a super punch out?" He made a disgruntled noise and scratched the back of his head. "How much force gets added on? I'm not gonna say you're wrong for taking justice into your own hands, but I think I have a right to worry if you're basically punching out someone's blood." Ah, the signature grey justice of being powered. Yes, the targets were justified, but was it really necessary to punch out ALL the blood?

"That's fair." The relief very obviously spread across Cor's face when he heard that Mithra wasn't punching out all the blood. "Whew, okay, good. You had me seriously worried for a second, there." He gave an awkward laugh and scratched the back of his head. "Y'know, from the sounds of it, you Dark Mirror guys have kind of a weird position in this fight. You've got people on both sides who love and hate you, and you kind of love and hate both sides back. I know someone who considers you guys pretty reliable, even if you're supposedly... filled with Chaos, or something." It was kind of a lopsided neutrality from the sounds of it. And it kind of irked Cor that these guys had to have Chaos in them. Why'd they have to be slathered in the Bad Stuff, too?