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The doors on the Command Deck shut locked. There were no VSD personnel not directly, or indirectly loyal to Eternal present on the Nightingale, but the rest of the members on the bridge were cleared out aside from Sonia, Kinata, and Aldan. Not to mention there were no non VSD personnel on board at all if you didn't count Idrial, Leon, and Rowena.

"Well then, Leon, you're probably wondering how we already know about Asura," said Aldan.

"Simple, he never earned good enough reasons for trust, while doing all the opposite," said Kanita. She was rather grim. "Besides, his past had enough to suggest he could be working for someone else, after all how many assassins work for free? And for a enemy of his nationality? Not many without good reason."

"That's harsh Kanita," said Kinata. She sighed. "But true."

"Well this time turned out better or worse than last time," chripped Sonia.

"Worse," replied Aldan, Kinata, and Kanita simultaneously.

"Aside from that, Kanita, mind 'disposing' of his 'coffin' later?" asked Eternal. He handed it out to Kanita

"Understood," replied Kanita in full understanding of the implications and meaning behind it. She took the 'coffin' from Eternal's hand and leaned it against the wall.

"Yes Leon?" asked Shishuku. She sighed and turned to face him.

Latune walked on over to the 'coffin' and examined it, but appeared to be looking at more than just the 'coffin'.

"You know why as well as I do since you have that responsibility as well," said Eternal bluntly, his age old experience and sorrow vividly obvious. None of the VSD personnel tried to meet his eyes. Eternal stared straight at Leon.

"Stopping it? So we all wish we can stop things," replied Aldan. "It's that things never always go the way we want them to."

"Trust? That's something you have to earn," said Kanita. "I recall that most of the members prefer you over Asura for the matter that you're a help around the place."

"If we didn't trust you in this regard, why would we bother inviting you to a classified meeting?" asked Shishuku.

"The Princess is only here because she technically has no worth unless she earns it," stated Eternal. "And for the record, she is equally unwelcome, only tolerated due to her status as royalty."

"That's understandable. At worse we'll just toss you to the EF and you'll get a good burial if you die," joked Kanita, only to get elbowed by Kinata. "Sorry about that."

"I'm glad you understand," said Eternal. "Everyone here that I've hand picked has some sort of past that's well... not pleasant. So I'm sure you'll fit right in somehow."

"Just some you shouldn't ask about until you know them better," added Shishuku. "Or it'd sour relations instead."

"Kanita has a point you know Kinata," replied Aldan. "I mean if he somehow becomes a enemy of Britannia as well the EF is the best place to haul him off to short of Nephilim. Not that I would want that to happen to him, after all, with proper training he'd be, pardon the reference, a queen in a chess game."

"But he's a guy...," quipped Sonia.

"..." The room was silent for a moment.

"Sonia dear, it's just a figure of speech," informed Kinata.

"Oh...." Sonia sulked in her seat.

Leon laughed "Don't worry Sonia, its good to have a innocent mind." he said smiling "Don't worry about me asking about pasts, If any of you would like to tell me, I'll listen, but I wont pry." he smiled wider "I'm glad I have such great comrades...Hey how big was that explosion that Asura caused, because my room was right next to his."

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"my mask....I want it to be half black half white split right down the middle, covering my face as a whole......hmm, Lets see.....a stage name...how about Hysteria, since it follows panic?" he said

Ahren nodded and clapped loudly. "Nice and dark, so lets get a move on!" he called out to the camp and looked back to the new recruit. "I like the name. The mask concept is interesting however. Fighting some past demons...?" he asked as the camp came more alive with bustling Nephilim. He turned and looked at each of them compassionately. No matter what anybody said these people no longer were affected by geass. Through everything they were intelligent individuals that looked to Ahren for guidance. His goals and motives made them see the light. His face softened, his emotions heightened by the fatigue of the day. Asura. Britannia must fall. The Chinese Federation must fall. Social order must fall. We are not anarchist. We are not terrorists. We are the true saviors to the weak and oppressed. No natural resource or plot of land could ever replace that. Even we have too much power. The Black Knights have failed and Britannia and the other nations, even the EU do not fully grasp us. People were not meant to be ruled yet they are. They are unsure because the circumstances that the people in better positions of life give them. We are their relief. I fight with my life to accomplish harmony through Panic. Through Hysteria. We fight for a noble cause. To unit the world like never before. To end strife with Empires as a focus of hate. To destroy and recreate... I lost much as Im sure you have as well. To follow a messiah when called is a task heavily rewarded in the end. You shall have a grand reward when this is all finished. My means are questionable even I know that. They are because they are simple and crude like the very soul of mankind. However you are the first step to the ultimate goal. People want a future Asura. A future that doesn't repeat the cycle of hate. When they join willingly- all of them, than the Nephilim will have no more purpose and disband. Ahren said looking at the rest of the people then at Asura. "Im sorry. I shouldn't have gone on a moral tangent. Im tired. I get preachy. However you see the true essence of Nephilim now. Reveal the villains, make the people see their essence, burn that hatred to cinders until the world is reborn into a world were life is simple. Create a system were people will choose to be people and nothing else. A worldly Utopia." he said. "You sure you still want to help me on my crusade?" he laughed as if almost overwhelmed himself. Almost.

Rowena had made to stand up as well when Eternal entered the command center, knowing that since she was not in the VSD she had no right to be privy in their matters, royalty or not. Though, truth be told, she wasn't all too surprised to know about Asura's betrayal. It was only too huge a possibility, and surely, the others in this ship had expected that as well? If not then why did they mistrust him so much?

Though she was allowed to remain within the command room, Rowena did not speak much. Princess that she was, again, she was not part of the VSD. An outsider. Her input was not required unless asked for, and it was indeed the difficulty of not being the one in command here. Were this an outfit of regulars from the Britannian army, then surely, the princess might have something more to say, then.

When Eternal bluntly stated the reasons for her being on the ship, Rowena cringed inwardly, very grateful that she had been only too well-taught to keep her face still. It was too true. However, it was one thing if she was the one who said it, and it was another when someone else did. It stung, horribly. "That's what I like about you, Commander," she commented lightly. "You don't beat around the bush --" Like us royalty do. "And you call things as what they are."

She'd also thought that they were through with the discussion of what to do regarding her security since she will be returning to the academy, but then Leon mentioned it again.

"While I'm very grateful for your concern," Rowena began elegantly, as if they had not been discussing her uselessness a while ago, "It is as Commander Eternal says. I am a princess by birth and by name, and the thirty-second, no less. I hold no worth to my father, the emperor, other than as someone to use as a means to gain alliances through the conveniences of marriage." She paused to take a small breath in, mostly to calm the pride that had risen in her. This was not the time. "Although, even with such a use, I could not be deemed to be of any significance. There are many other prince and princesses, and I am not unaware enough to think that I am saved from being expendable. I am an unknown, and it is because of that that I am able to attend Ashford Academy under a mere alias." A shrug, a small movement of her small shoulders. "I do not believe that there will not be sufficient motivation for the Nephilim or the EF, or even the Chinese Federation, to pose a threat to my well-being when I go back to school." Because there was nothing to gain with harming or taking her.

"However, should they make the mistake of thinking that harming me will do something, then I leave it to your hands, Commander." It was bitter, but it was the first time Rowena had spoken out thoughts of her worth in the Britannian Empire. And she had to admit, her chest felt a little lighter upon the admission.