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Sutai was on a mission. Since her meetings with other Dark Mirror senshi and with Athene, the Page of Polaris was determined to find an end to the war. She knew her princess was a very busy lady, but Sutai had been present at the purification meeting. She had seen two other princesses - one with a yellow dress and one with pink butterfly wings. She had no way of knowing how to contact either of of them. It wasn't like she had any cell phone like the senshi did.

Sigh.

The page sat atop the roof of the library and looked out over the city. She knew what their presences felt like - they were so strong. Almost blinding. But she couldn't feel them now. Could they be eternal senshi like Polaris was? Siiiiiiiigh. Saving the world was hard work. Sutai frowned. She wasn't getting anywhere like this. Pulling out her telescope, she decided to look around. Could the other princess be out here somewhere? Oh... what was her name... she was a blond! Sutai remembered that much.

Ooh someone on the radar~ Time to go meet people yay~

Sutai pranced and twirled her way across the rooftop, bouncing from one building to the next like a reindeer. She even sounded like one with the tinkling of crystals as they knocked together on her outfit. Sutai almost giggled. Whoever this person was, they were near the cafe - one that Sutai had never visited before. Princesses put aside for now (Polaris would be so proud of her page meeting new people anyway!), Sutai made a beeline for the new person.

Figuratively speaking.

Just before she could make her grand entrance, Sutai nearly landed atop someone coming out of the back door of the cafe. In a flurry of limbs, the page tried to keep herself quiet and not land on the poor fellow. Her face betrayed a look of extreme embarrassment and shock as she tried desperately not to squeak or wail or make any other noise. Whoever the young man was, he was too engrossed in his telephone to notice much of anything and went back inside without so much incident. Sutai let go of the breath she was holding and wilted.

"Oh my... that was close!" She wiped her brow and curtsied to the eternal senshi, whom she now saw. "Hello! How are you? My name is Sutai! What's yours?"

Sutai felt pretty embarrassed about the whole nearly-squashing-some-poor-man-to-death but what confused her more was this senshi's behavior. "Sup?" she parroted, confused for a moment before realizing what Iris meant. "OH! Yes I did not mean to um... well... do any of that but I thought I recognized you from the meeting! Do you remember me? I was standing by my princess and..." She turned back around to see if the poor nearly squished man was around before she blabbed all sorts of important things to someone who was potentially not the person she was looking for.

Which would be very awkward.

The Page bounced back and forth slightly on her heels. "...well... I wanted to ask you some things if you're not busy, Miss Iris. The meeting was kind of confusing and I'm still very new at this so I hope you don't mind?" Sutai was nothing if not polite, bubbly and bouncy. Part of her thought she might be obnoxious to Iris, who she thought was another very important person like her own Princess.

"Oh!" Sutai tittered again, giggling. "I was at the meeting where everyone talked about purifying the bad people, helping them become good again. My princess says she thinks it's possible and they mentioned doing it with crystals and such..."

The page looked down at her feet. She should probably stand near the person she was talking to! With a squeak, Sutai landed and stepped up near Iris, hands behind her back. The crystals on her outfit made soft music when she moved. "Umm... my question is, have you seen it done before, Miss Iris? Do you think it's possible to really help someone? I know a few very nice people that are with Chaos but I think they have good in their hearts! I really do!"

Sutai clasped her hands together. "I believe in my princess but I have not seen her in a while and... and I want to help too! But I don't know how. Do you know how, Miss Iris? I have heard you have been a senshi for a very long time so you must be very knowledgeable!"

Sutai was shocked at the eff-bomb being dropped and Iris' gruff nature. Didn't people like being treated politely? Now the Page had no idea what do to with herself. Crockpot theories? Well surely they had to have come from some kind of truth. Sutai absolutely believed it to be so.

She blinked for a moment, stunned into silence. "I um... I am sorry, Iris." she said finally, trying not to cry. It wouldn't look very good if she started bawling in front of an eternal senshi she'd only just met. Her princess would understand, wouldn't she? "Um... my princess is Polaris. She is a very nice lady and I love her very much. I try very hard to make her proud so I... I wanted to find out as much as I could. I guess... I just assumed we knew more than what was said at the meeting. Since so many people have been corrupted I just assumed many others had been purified too but maybe we didn't all know about them and..."

Sutai sniffed, tears welling in her eyes. "I am sorry, Iris..."

Sutai's lower lip started to quiver. Nobody had ever spoken to her like that before! The Page had no idea what to do with herself. Everyone else she'd spoken to was so very nice! How could this senshi -- she was a princess! -- act like... so mean?

How th'hell do ya plan t'protect Polaris if yer gonna cry over stuff like this?

Those words stung.

Tears welling in her eyes, the last thing Sutai wanted was for another princess to not believe in her. She was a knight! She was supposed to help protect and support her princess! She balled up her fists. "You... you don't have to be mean!" came the reply, sniffling to stifle the tears. "I believe in my princess very much and I know she will do what needs to be done to save everyone! She... she will always have my support and I love her very much! I am a good Page! So there!"

Sutai was left quivering after that outburst like a chihuahua who had just barked at a German Shepherd.

Sutai sniffled and dried her eyes with the back of her glove.

The Page was startled by Iris planting her hand on the girl's shoulder. The grin was good if a little alarming, Sutai thought.

"Well," started the darker-skinned girl, wringing her hands in thought. "I think that if I can explain to them and show them all the bad things they're doing, I think that will help. I know many of them think they are doing good when they are actually doing terrible things. They're blinded. Very blinded. If I can show them the way of light then I think Polaris and you too can do the rest. I think they have to be willing, yes indeed. We just have to make them willing."

With another nod, Sutai continued. "I think I have made friends with some of the Chaos forces and I think it will be easier to be kind to them than to... well... beat them up." She sputtered for a moment. "But some of them do deserve punishment! Just... not all of them."