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That did sound a bit concerning, and Cybele gave a thoughtful little sound as she listened to him talk about his planet’s deterioration. “Yes, a few people have been having issues with their worlds, even just since I’ve been purified. Ancient evils being unleashed, and such. I’ve fought against a few of them. One of the Knights I was helping even ended up Transcending after we got his place cleansed, but it was a bit of a close thing.”

Cybele pressed her lips together. She hadn’t heard of anyone’s word just slowly withering back to nothing, so she wasn’t sure quite what to say about that.

“I’ll help you, as well, if I can,” she offered. She wasn’t sure how, exactly, unless things formed into some other type of monster that she could punch, but her instincts told her that she liked Athalia. She wanted to do what she could for him.

“Also, if it makes you feel any better, I think the homeworlds are the source of our powers, but not our lives.” Her gaze went a bit dark again, and she shifted in the grass. “I was cut off from mine for a while, and I’m still here.”

She’d even heard stories of senshi who had the cores of their homeworld completely devoured by Metallia, and they still walked. It wasn’t exactly clear just how alive they were, and Cybele had never met any of them to see it for herself, but. It was something that happened.

It was actually part of the reason she was so hesitant about the alien’s plan.

“I know. It still feels wrong.” She waved a hand towards Earth’s moon. “It feels like if the government decided to start strip mining up there, but more,” she hesitated, tried to pick a word, “intimate, somehow.”

She went quiet for a long moment, jaw tight. “But nobody else seems to see it like that, or if they do, they think it’s a worthy sacrifice.”

Watch, he said. Wait. Listen to your instincts.

It was the best plan that Cybele had heard so far, and while the uncertainty of the situation sat uneasily with her, at least she knew that there was someone else out there who shared her suspicions and who would aid her in watching the visitors.

Although she couldn't help but hold on to a bit more hope than Athalia, and think that with luck, she wouldn't have to turn against her loved ones in any situation. She knew that Ganymede already had some caution when it came to dealing with the Velencyans. If things went south, Cybele trusted that her sister would see reason, and she knew that most of the family as well as a chunk of the White Moon trusted her, and would follow her as the Princess.

"Watching is what we can do for now, I suppose," she said, shifting slightly in the grass. "It is good to know that there is someone else who is wary. I'll let you know if I find out anything more about our visitors."

She shifted farther, as if she was about to stand. "Although if you're watching here for the night, I may move on to hunt somewhere else. We've still got the Negaverse to watch out for, as well."

Cybele inclined her head.

"The same to you," she said. "Call me if you meet trouble up here."

She did not think it likely that their visitors were planning to pull some attack or other tonight, but it was a weight off of her shoulders to know that someone was keeping an eye on them, just in case.

It freed her mind to focus on other things.

With a wave, and a final nod, she started down the hill and eventually vanished into the city.