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She did not get punched nearly as much as she should have? That implied some on the side of the Dark Mirror at the very least felt some level of sympathy for the woman that was trying to destroy them. Strange.

It seemed the Dark Mirror were tenuous allies at best. He would have to evaluate them further.

"That is unfortunate, but at the very least, she is dead now." At least, he presumed she was dead. He supposed there were other ways to take care of 'issues,' but when they involved queens of mirrors sucking people into strange, alternative dimensions, he was not sure what the other way would have been. Frankly, he did not particularly care to find out. Did it matter?

It also caught his attention that she implied the Dark Mirror was a small faction. Perhaps that explained their lack of offensive initiative against the Negaverse. If they could be squashed easily, there was likely no point. There were definitely more of the senshi on his side, and he was fairly sure they were all outnumbered by the Negaverse. He could not find much other explanation as to their dominance at the moment, at least without some further digging.

"Gardens and farms are a good beginning. Have any of you considered crafting an apartment complex?" If they were going to provide an Earth replacement, they needed all the basic needs fulfilled. That included shelter. He cocked his head just slightly. "Also, why are you so few?"

She may have not been dead? Then had they not fully resolved the problem?

Unfortunate.

It also sounded like they needed an engineer in their ranks if they truly wanted to create a replacement for Earth. This made sense, of course. As someone who studied what was at least an engineering-adjacent field, Hydor was rather convinced of the importance of engineers. They seeped into all portions of life, whether that be in obvious ways or in the less obvious ways. Needing engineers to create buildings was a bit more of an obvious way...

The way Dark Mirror senshi were awakened was certainly odd. They had to rely on the cats of a faction they were not allies with? It sounded like they were forced to be allies. Why did they not have their own cats with which to awaken themselves? The Negaverse just corrupted some of Order's cats. Could the Dark Mirror not do the same? "The Dark Mirror do not have their own equivalent to our guardian cats? That is very curious. Why is that?"

How could their faction sustain itself without the Negaverse?

Their starseeds were ... mirror-coated?

He guessed that explained the whole 'Dark Mirror' concept. It was certainly still a corruption, but not a corruption in the same sense as literally grabbing one's starseed was. Why were only senshi susceptible to that type of corruption, and not anyone else? Guardian cats were not. It seemed that knights were not, either. Did senshi just have particularly sensitive starseeds?

"Even if you can be awakened without the cat, it sounds like you still require the cat. That could be problematic in the future." He crossed his arms, but said nothing further about that, turning his attention to something off to the side. Hydor did not seem to actually be looking at everything. "If you cannot connect with the Negaverse or Order, why are you able to convert us from this side? It seems there is some level of connection, there."

He was probably asking more than she knew. At this point, Hydor was just theorizing.

Learning about how these other factions existed was of interest, after all.

He had figured she likely did not know for certain, and her immediate response that they had not gotten that far just confirmed it. Hydor at least tried. He was likely reaching the limit of what information she would give him at this point, anyway. She was a separate faction, a tenuous ally at best.

"I would assume so, though I have not met any." He was glad he had not. Bernard had said that the royals did not exactly claim leadership over them, but Hydor did not want to deal with it, anyway. The concept of being led at all made him shudder. That meant losing control of his own actions, and--

He pinched his nose.

"Likely," replied Hydor, shifting topics. "Considering starseeds can be consumed, they are likely not very sturdy objects. Funny, that our most valuable piece is likely also our most fragile."

If only there was some way to protect against that.

"But I do hope you can find some way around your cat problem," replied Hydor, with a shrug. At the very least, he would prefer more Dark Mirror than Negaverse. They appeared to be far less of a threat.

Trying to recruit him?

Hydor raised both brows, a small expression of surprise in an otherwise emotionless face.

Curious.

"Hydor," replied he, as Mithra suddenly sprinted off. It seemed that he had a contact on the side of the Dark Mirror, now, one that was willing to provide him with basic information. If she referred to that as basic, what would the more complex information contain? Would it be worth digging deeper? Could he dig deeper? Would she let him?

She did not exactly leave any contact information, so he would just have to come across her again if he wanted to learn more. That would take luck, so he would have to be prepared with questions if he could think of any.

For now, though, it did not matter. He took in what he had been told, taking a much more leisurely pace away from his location.