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Aue's worth in Labyrinthite's eyes was reinforced with the way the General reacted to his body's rejection of the starseed; it was nothing surprising or unexpected, it was simply a testament to how Quartz had spoken true...and how Aue must continue to prove worth. That was fine, he was smart enough to handle such a thing.

"Convenient, for you." And he meant it, it would be handy to be able to heal by ingesting a star seed or energy orb - that was definitely a plus to being part of the Negaverse. As far as Aue was aware, the Order side had nothing of the sort, which put them at a distinct disadvantage. "A very useful tool, for the Negaverse. I don't believe the Order side has anything remotely like that.

I am pleased to have been useful to you, General." His mouth held a bitter taste, like blood and ash, that would not go away. Was it the same for those touched by Chaos? Was it a different flavor altogether? Aue wisely did not ask.

Labyrinthite threw out a tidbit about the starseeds being ineffectual with the Mauvians as well and Aue tucked that information away for the future - such things may have been trivial or useless for the General, but for him it may be worth knowing, someday.

If the senshi were surprised to hear that the whiskey-eyed General meant to offer some sort of protection, he did well only showing the same largely impassive face he preferred to wear. Showing surprise would only speak ill of his thoughts about the hierarchy, which was a touchy thing when he was still learning to navigate it himself - no, Aue felt it best to simply school his expression impassive and accepting.

"Thank you, General. Your efforts are appreciated. I will do my best to not require Pack intervention." After all, one didn't wish to make one's ranking officers work to keep them alive, it was his own duty to see that he caused as little trouble for his Pack as humanly possible.

More information, tucked away. More information, requested - what did he have to report? Not much, though he had met Quartz...who had warned him against getting involved with the Negaverse. Was that something to inform on? Possibly, possibly not. How militant was the Chaos faction?

"I have only one other article of possible interest. I met another of your agents, a captain by the callsign 'Quartz'. He encouraged caution when dealing with the Negaverse as an 'outsider' and gave warning to not rely on any officer's name. I found him intelligent and insightful, if jaded. He is not part of the Pack, as I understand."

"That was my understanding as well, Sir." Aue had not expected that using any of his packmates names would open magical doors of protection or safe harbour, only avenues of opportunity to speak at most. It would have been easy enough for any member of the White Moon to gather enough officer names to sound credible.

Quartz had been quite correct to dress him down, however kindly, for even bothering.

"Blind faith in any faction or person, General." Which was, again, something Aue himself felt was a smart thing to keep in mind, though he had already cast his lot in with his Pack; his faith in them was strong - it had to be, or he might need to second guess himself and that simply wouldn't do. "Common sense things, for you or I. I believe he felt I held to many of the same naive ideas that poison most White Moon senshi and wished to disabuse me of those notions."

Aue fell silent after this exchange, he had given his reports as he should and done as required. There was nothing left from him but to complete any further tasks the General might have had for him and await dismissal.