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Ree nodded and frowned. "Two weeks? Hm. If it were that simple Tri would have left you in another hotel. Why did he think it was necessary to ask me?" he asked quietly trying to figure that out. Truthfully he would also be nervous leaving Anadii alone after what happened in Aldas. This was not Aldas but it didn't mean that view had changed, keeping younger meta safe.


Ashral's voice pulled him away from Anadii as he turned to look at her quietly, surprised to see her awake but also relieved as he gave her a faint smile. However as she spoke the smile faded as he turn to look at the letter in her hand. "When you go see him I want to be there" he said quietly, not happy with the letter. It was to new to ...convenient.

"You are a danger, we both know that. I am staying with you from my own free will... Anadii " he motioned to the black and green circuit board like meta by him. "Did not know and Tri was being a pain" he said quietly, glad to see Ashral staring him straight in the eyes instead of looking away. Even if she tried to seemed confident her words her words belied that. "I am trying to help him find different lodgings until Tri can come back.. if it is safe enough " he sighed softly and glanced between them.

Ashral stood in one place, honestly hoping they would agree to it, but was met with the same conclusion they already decided. This other person would leave.. because she was too dangerous. She slowly shifted her eyes away, frowning as she could help but grab her arm and stand there idly. "Then what was the point of even agreeing to having... Anadii come here, if he is just going to leave immediately because I'm dangerous..." her face looked pained as she stared at the floor. "That is not fair to him... He deserves safety... Just... send me somewhere else... I don't want to threaten your safety if I stop being lucid... I can't stop that from happening..." she narrowed her eyes painfully, almost cursing herself for even letting her eyes start to water up. She didn't understand why any of it hurt so much but if she was the problem, then likely she should go.

'He won't let me... He knows I can't do it on my own...'

'No, he fought to keep me before.'

'Though I will never understand why... In my hope, I know what I think is false.'

'Is it?...'

'I should just go back to Shogu...'

She sighed and tried to figure out what to say or do. Touching back on what he said earlier, she nodded slowly, still looking away. "...If you really wanted to... you could come with me when I go talk to him.." she answered then sighed again, gripping her arm tighter.

Like a firewall... It supposed that made sense. It spared Ree a glance, though returned its gaze back to Ashral immediately. "I was sent here because he did not know you were present. Had he known the danger I do not think he would have authorized the transfer." Hadn't that been established? It didn't matter- it was present now and needed to find a way out of this situation before the Malice became aggressive.

"As long as it is within 100 miles of this location I am able to transport myself there, however I only have one transport left as I have already used three today." It quieted for a moment to turn that intense, soul-piercing stare of its on Ree. "I need to know that I am not going to another hostile situation. Now that I am more aware of myself I am clearly experiencing a wider variety of emotional responses, and not many so far have been pleasant. Do not send me to another hostile environment." Though its voice remained monotone, it had chosen its words purposely in an attempt to convey the frustration that it was feeling.

For once it wanted to hear the voice explain - to give some kind of reasoning behind this strong aversion to everything that was going on- but it was silent. No explanations.. no words that might give it context. Did it even know why it felt this way?

Blue eyes blazed for a moment as he focused on Anadii before it dimmed back down to a normal glow. Anadii did have a point and he wasn't even really irritated at him so much as the situation. Also a wider variety of emotional responses? that was new..was he breaking his programing as well? Sh** was he going to turn into something like Hexxis? Take a breath he looked away as he searched for something.

" If you get there it should not be a hostile situation " he said reaching for one of the hotel notepads and a pen and quickly started writing down a short note, ripped it off then wrote another before holding both out to Anadii. One had a short note with a small drawing of a winged cat at the end and the other one had an address and phone. "His name is Kai (name) ...try not to tell anyone I sent you to him..other than him. Will this do?" he said looking at Anadii before looking over at Ashral again, trusting her not to attack them while they talked.

She didn't seem panicked or tense, but her sad and submissive posture paired with her words brought up a sudden surge of anger. Strong enough he had to look away and try not to bristle his wings as he looked toward the mirror that was right by them. She just woke up and likely felt useless and likely still needed rest. "....um... what do you want to eat?" he said looking back toward Ashral while glancing at Anadii as he avoided the loaded questions he just posed. There was no good way for him to actually answer it either.

Ashral was listening carefully, keeping her eyes on the bed, all too much reminded about Hexxis and how she served Tri. Told him everything.

'Everything.'

Ashral looked up to Anadii, narrowing her eyes at him, tensing slightly. Her breathing deepened slightly.

'Stop him. Stop him right now.'

She look like she was debating something, not even answering Ree as she focused on Anadii completely. She slid a foot forward into a slight kneel as he moved her hands like she was holding onto an invisible sword, ready to summon hers.

'Don't. Don't do it. Is it too late? No, he's going to tell him. What will that do? Do I care?..... Should I stop him?'

She remained in her defensive stance as she watched them.

'Let him leave. Then run. We have to leave. He cannot be trusted.'

Ashral remained silent as she didn't appear to move from her new position at all. Tense, and honestly looking like she could easily attack if he tried anything funny. She just wanted him to leave. Leave now. She didn't want him around anymore.

Anadii's gaze shifted to Ashral, locking in place as she moved. According to what it had been told, she was moving into a defensive position-- one that would allow her to strike at any moment... This was not good. Its markings flickered a little brighter for a few seconds, but the order to leave from Ree calmed it.

"It is too late for that, I have already notified him of the unsafe conditions as it was imperative to my safety. Goodbye." Well, it didn't really have time to explain outside of that. It activated its virtual reality, disappearing into the nearest electronic device in order to make its way to this "Kai" person.

Ree was already trying to figure out what to do when Ashral moved off the bed. Tensing he focused his gaze on the pommel of Ashral's sword up tot the point she threw it ont he bed and he focused up at her, frowning faintly as he straightened but listened as she ranted. A part of him wanted to agree with her up to a point but that quickly died down when talk of killing Tri started. A liar.... they were all liars and that was their problem.

Ree flared his wings up slightly as watched her pace and shook his head. "Tri is also my father, he is not that bad or I would already be dead long before ever meeting you." he explained quietly but gave her a stern look. He felt the need to defend Tri even if he was angry and frustrated with him as well. "-I- also agreed to Anadii coming here, which I realize is stupid now in post sight." he shrugged and shook his head.

"Anadii is different... he is " there was a pause "Someone we rescued when looking for you and Hexxis. Someone who is slowly working around his programing...just like Hexxis. Hexxis was jealous and thoughtless but that is her problem, you shouldn't let it affect you. It won't change them anyways .. just allow them to win. " he said with another shrug, seemingly relaxing but watching her carefully, actually more relieved to see her angry than that subservient position and question she had when asking how to make things better. Anger was better.... he dealt enough with Mara to sadly find it better.

"So if you want to blame someone blame me." he narrowed his eyes slightly but it was his fault. "If Tri follows his usual pattern he will act as he always acts, tell Mara and she will come with her armor suits. So we need to move." he focused on her face. " We likely have 30 minutes if Mara drops everything she is doing and rushes here" he said glancing toward the clock. "However, she is also still my grandmother.... " he said looking at Ashral as a frown. "I do not want to fight either of them...and at the same time I trust they won't try to bring anyone else into this. They will try to deal with us themselves " he said intently. "So lets move. You said you decided to go meet Shogu? we can head back and leave a note and stay in the area."

Ree bristled his feathers as he felt a bit of dread that was easily ignore with the anger that was brought up when she mentioned Hexxis. Hexxis was used, that he was pretty sure of, but what made him turn to anger than pity was her actions and reactions. She finally found her own life and well... it didn't matter now did it? Then Tri .... he said he would think of it and his last call only seem more angrier than when they first talked...when he tried to make him think it was his fault for how Hexxis is now.

He wondered if she knew what she was doing and how ironic her words were. It gave him a better view of her thought process, if only a little. Even if some of her views were dead wrong others did make him think....and balk at the road they lead to. He was afraid and lost,everything had been getting worse and worse since Parley.

"I defend him because ..." the anger had faded a little. " they are family. They can't block me from being happy if I don't even know what I want to peruse."he muttered frowning faintly looking sad for a moment before just taking a deep breath. Of course he could just fight with it.. first being finding out who teleported and killed Criel. That would mean finding the Renegades again and what? Ask them nicely? That is where he was stuck... especially since last time where he was pretty much lost half his brain. There was Cordellia but that was already a bit to far into the cordial relation they seem to have..somehow. He wasn't even sure why she was willing to help him find Hexxis instead of just killing him.

How can he anchor anyone when he was floating in the wind?

"You are asking me to choose between them and you. I choose to stay between you both. I won't let them harm you but I won't let you harm them or anyone else. You are my friend, my sister, but at the same time I will try to stop you if you lose control" he said it softly so it didn't come out as harsh as it could have.

"I'm not that different from Tri. You just don't know me well enough yet" he said quietly, looking up. " I think Tri is more honorable sometimes. At least he seems more black and white sometimes... easier to understand. " he shook his head, focusing on the note. "Either ways, it will only be Mara. So 30 minutes or so. Hexxis as you remember her is dead. One of her codes were activated and all her memories were locked, she is now Robot Hexxis again. Tri is likely trying to find a way to get her back...which is why he asked me to watch Anadii " he said blankly as he looked toward her sword, knowing he was throwing something out like that with barely any warning.

"I am sure" he motioned to her stocking. "I am not your owner. You fought with all your soul to come back just to talk to him. My opinion on it should barely be noted." he sigh. "I am curious about two things.." he said moving to grab the pack and anything else in the room they needed. "What lie did Tri tell you? and Did your brother ever hurt you for you to fear him?"