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Being thanked was anathema to Finns, Aue struggled to accept it with any sort of grace beyond a low grumble. Having American blood helped, but in many ways, even post corruption, he was all Finn. "It makes it easier. Also, cutting, but we do not have shears here."

It was probably for the best that Kamacite couldn't see the senshi of lemon's expression as he heard that Wolfeite had never bothered to share his Negaverse appellation, for it was one of suppressed ire and further promise of pain owed. Not even sharing his name?! That ******** b*****d! Aue's thoughts fell into a long stream of colourful swears cursing Wolfeite's ancestors and progeny for a hundred years before he managed to speak without anger coating each syllable.

"Yes. All officers have official names, based from gemstones as far as I can tell. There is even a queen, Laurelite, to whom we all serve, and General Sovereigns that are directly under her. Beneath them are the generals, then captains and lieutenants. Then, of course, we senshi and the Mauvians."

Aue cleared his throat a bit, "They are aliens in the shape of cats. Sentient, but not monsters. They help senshi upgrade powers and transformation items. Also, they are technologically advanced and assist the Negaverse in that manner." A sigh and another stretch of limbs, this information sharing was...tedious, but important. He could do this.

"Not stupid. I used the wrong word. You were ignorant of the workings, but not stupid. " Aue made a very displeased sound at the idea of Kamacite not being part of the pack, "You are pack. Whatever was intended or not intended, you belong in the Pack."

Kamacite's pronunciation wasn't bad, but Aue corrected it a little "“Tyhmä koira… the stress is more on the front." He didn't sound bothered at all, as a matter of fact, he was almost smiling. "Eh, it doesn't bother me if you try it out. Not bad, but it's actually Finnish, not Estonian."

"By your lack of knowledge with Mauvians, I take it you were never part of the White Moon like I was, that maybe partially why you know so little. When waking one of us, the guardian cats are meant to teach and guide us - not all do." Clearly, Aue had benefited greatly from his time in white, whereas poor Kamacite didn't know his pen from a pipecleaner.

"Most officers do not know these things, our kind...do not spawn naturally to the Negaverse. They do not have the knowledge to share, always." Aue wasn't giving the Negaverse the benefit of the doubt, but Wolfeite; he was certain that Metallia and her higher ranking officers were fully capable of explaining to how to be a senshi...but the mutt?

"Good. The Finnish 'r' is difficult for non-native speakers." He listened politely to Kamacite's recitation of Japanese, noting that in several ways it did sound like Finnish - broken up, strange Finnish.

"Like broken-up, drunk Finnish." Honesty, always.

Although Aue was perfectly willing to listen without comment while his companion spoke, he was incapable of refraining from making a rude sound at Kamacite's supposition that he would question why the other senshi had been chosen.

"Not every value is in brute power, Kamacite. Wolfeite saw that you would be useful and so kept you. It is not our place to question, nor would I. You are Pack, that is enough for me." Though question he did, and often, but not where one might see or hear him doing so - that was for self reflection and rumination, not for general consumption; value assigned was not for either senshi to know save that it existed or they would have been recycled into pure energy or reduced to star seeds. "The Negaverse, as I understand it, does not suffer waste easily." Thought I could be wrong, I have been wrong before.

There was no point in commenting on the fear that coloured the line of the other corrupt's body, the way he furtively wiped at his eyes, so Aue simply continued on in a low tone to save his voice from over-use.

There was point in addressing the tougher thread Kamacite was displaying, the hint of backbone. The pride of place and flash of fang and claw. So, we can work with this. You don't want to fail, that's good. Don't. We can work with this. "Your life has more value than just that, but this is fine. This we can work with. Serve the Pack, serve the Wolfe. Serve Metallia. You will train with us, I think. I will help with what you do not know, the others too.

"Worry about how to make use of differences for strength, not how things are different, Kamacite. That is Pack." Aue flashed teeth again, not a threat display but as though they now shared a secret and this was part of it - perhaps it was. Silence, weighty but not uncomfortable, stretched out a bit while Aue shifted in the dull grey space until he was more comfortable having found an edge to lean his back against; it wasn't as though the space was large, but bracing his back took some of the strain off and he sighed as though content.

He might not have been wholly comfortable, but even a slight improvement was nice and to be enjoyed as far as that went.

"So." Apparently, lessons were not over, now that the super of lemons was a bit more comfortable, "Officers are physical fighters. Senshi are meant to be glass cannons. Magic to bolster the blades, not the blades themselves. I am...not normal, it seems." Not that he was bothered by this; Aue certainly put off no indications that he seemed remotely bothered by being atypical. "Of the senshi I have encountered, many are not physically intimidating. They are more of your nature, whether they have magic meant for offense, defense, or status effect."

Aue allowed Kamacite to digest and process the information he'd given him without additional commentary; he'd given him plenty to think about and was smart enough to need some time to chew it over. Any reasonable, rational person would need to think on such an info-dump like the one that he'd just provided, and a wary, suspicious person like the mousy little sunspot even more so. Aue would do nothing but cost himself credibility if he pressed his point further before Kamacite was ready; it was best to let the other corrupt senshi make his own determination as to whether or not he was going to believe what he'd been told and if he should trust the information given.

When the mouse finally spoke, it was carefully, thoughtfully - Aue approved, nodded. "I would classify your magic as 'support'. Temporarily blinding an enemy is a very useful thing, when working with others. Imagine, blinding a group of foes so that your comrades can swoop in for a more effective strike. Tactically, your magic is a great boon to whomever has use of it." It struck him as gross negligence that Kamacite wouldn't already consider his magic to be extremely useful for pairing, but he didn't say anything. They had already established that Kamacite's instruction had been lacking for whatever reason.

"Paired with another to take care of the front line attacking, the combination would be utterly devastating."

As to whether or not Kamacite would be able to fight alone...well, it depended, honestly. Aue really didn't know what his physical condition was like - or what it could be reasonably expected to gear up to be. He wasn't going to lie, either. "I believe that with training you will be able to hold your own if need be. I also believe that with training you'll learn to pair effectively and won't have to fight alone.

"Since you will have packmates."