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The process sped up until the figure on the ground completely vanished, leaving no trace that it had ever existed in this dimension. What's left of it, however, were the spirit particles that were used to give the figure a solid form and make it visible to everyone there; and those particles were now going towards Evie-chan and going inside her body, giving Evie-chan a boost in energy that wasn't quite anything she would expect wherein the feeling that the process invoked was similar to that of gastronomic satisfaction after eating an entire buffet table's worth of food. Even in its disappearance, it seemed as if the spirit particles of the person to which they once belonged to shared his sentiments on helping other people even until the end. Then, after all of the particles were absorbed into Evie-chan's body, satisfying her once insatiable hunger, the forest once again grew dark.

For a few minutes, silence enveloped the area like a gentle cloak, lulling a person to sleep. It provided a certain air of calm that would peacefully caress a wounded soul and give it respite from whatever it is that is ailing them. Then, a voice echoed from within the woods, asking Evie-chan something which only she could answer herself.

"How does it feel? I do hope that your hunger was satisfied with that little meal. However, I would recommend that you turn back into your human form unless you want to see your bloodstained body that did all that."

While Evie-chan slipped into her own world, filled with remorse for what she thought she had done, a small pair of hands placed themselves on her shoulder and slowly moved their way up to the captain-commander's neck. Then, as they reached her neck, they clasped together and opened up, revealing Evie-chan's torn collar. The hands then moved quickly, tying the collar around her neck before the right hand, upon finishing tying the leather collar around Evie-chan's neck, touched the collar with its pointer finger.

"Come on then, remember what you looked like before. What shape were you before? How rich was your leather exterior? How much did you think your bearer loved you?" a familiar voice asked, although it was not directed at Evie-chan, but rather, to her collar; but after that simple conversation, the once broken collar shone with bright light until it finally rematerialized back to its normal self without any sign of it being ever damaged. In fact, it now looked brand new as if it had just been recently purchased. Such was the power of Cosmic Energy.

The hands retracted back into the darkness before a familiar figure walked out of the darkness behind Evie-chan and patter her on the head. "Just one minute," Xeion said before he started to explain everything that had just happened. "Trapping you in my illusion for one minute was the only thing I could think of to shock you back to your old self and re-energize you, Evie-chan. I'm sorry if I made you cry."

Wrapping his hands around her, Xeion placed his chin on Evie-chan's shoulder and gently held her body a little bit tighter as if to say sorry even more. "It would have been hard to hug you like this if you were in your wolf form, Evie-chan. I like this human form a bit more since it's much easier to hug you like this," Xeion whispered and then stayed silent, awaiting Evie-chan's response.

When Xeion felt Evie-chan's hug loosen just a little, he took the opportunity and relinquished his hug from her and smiled. "You know I couldn't resist an opportunity to explore, right? Besides, if a person needed help behind the barrier, it gives me all the more reason to risk my life," answered Xeion in an attempt to justify what he had just did by using his own perspective to explain why he had gone and done such a thing in the first place. His explanation, as obvious as it was already, contained no hint of lies or excuses -- it was short and honest, although silly in some aspects. Still, it was Xeion's explanation after all and nobody else could ever come up with the gall to say that they willingly risked their lives because they wanted to see what was behind that thingie that made that cool sound.

After explaining his side of the story, Xeion asked Evie-chan if there was something bothering her. She wasn't herself back when she was in her Bankai and the young captain of squad nine wanted to know why. "Evie-chan, why couldn't you recognize anything back when you were in Bankai form? I tried calling out to you several times, but all you did was snarl and attack. If I didn't use an Astrum on you, who knows where things could have ended up?"

"Why is that?" Xeion asked curiously, wondering as to how such a thing was even possible. It sounded very strange for a Bankai to be able to do something like that while its effects were simple like an astronomical power boost and speed boost. Xeion thought that the remuneration for such an act was quite high when one weighs it in with the effects. The distribution of risk was unequal.

"Evie-chan," he said once again, "mind me asking, but do you think it's your Bankai that has the problem? It's weird for it to have such a high remuneration if you ask me..."

Xeion, after hearing Evie-chan's response got even more curious. It was her Bankai, how could even she herself doesn't know why she was acting that way when it comes down to her fighting in her Bankai mode? It was a mystery and something the curious captain wanted to solve. How could something like that even be possible? Shinigami should know why their zanpakutos gave them such remunerations. It should have been explained to them by their zanpakutos themselves on the first day that they got them. However, for this matter, it seemed as if Evie-chan's zanpakuto didn't give her the specifics of her Bankai and now Evie-chan was desperately trying to control it, but failing whenever she did.

"Have you considered asking your spirit why?" he asked again, putting forward yet another suggestion for Evie-chan to use if she found such a suggestion to be useful in helping her solve the mystery of her unequal remuneration.

((BRB, Evie-chan. 3nodding ))

Evie-chan's response was all he needed to hear. Applying his deductive reasoning skills, it was apparent that something was amiss -- and that something was something Evie-chan's zanpakuto didn't want her to know about for reasons only it itself could know. Sure, one may reason out that the reason for Evie-chan's zanpakuto to keep the reason for whatever it was that made the captain-commander lose control of herself after prolonged periods of her in her Bankai hidden from her was to keep her safe from something sinister, but it was Evie-chan's right to know as well. Ignorance was bliss, a famous person once wrote, but lifting oneself from such ignorance was a decision nobody else could make. As such, Xeion first had to talk with Evie-chan and ask her what to do next.

"Evie-chan," addressed Xeion, "do you want another chance to ask it again? However, this will be unlike before. You will be able to see your zanpakuto manifest itself physically in a controlled environment inside an isolate dimension. There, you can fully communicate with your zanpakuto on even terms."

Xeion's offer was simple. He already knew long before that Evie-chan was a Vessel of Anima, much like Rakey-chan and Mi-chan, both of whom he had already made Arcana cards with, The Star and Temperance. The process in which these cards were made involved looking into their hearts and confronting their inner selves, usually done by Xeion to see if he was worthy of making a pact with their souls. However, this could be modified so that not only Xeion can take up the ritual. Sure it was risky, but the worst that could happen was a week-long coma if everything failed. As with all endeavors, there was always a risk involved, so with that said, Xeion wanted to know if Evie-chan was willing to go the distance in order for her to get to the bottom of things.