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Caledonite sighed adding the orb of energy to a small pouch. The source of that energy was left slumped in some dark corner to become someone else's problem now. A shiver ran through him as an all to familiar buzz pulled at the edges of his consciousness. He knew that particular feeling all to well.

He followed the source, as a moth to a flame. It was getting stronger, closer. Cale stopped just short when he saw what it was. A young Cosmos Page... No wonder it had felt so familiar... He had been one, once upon a time, after all. When she called out in greeting, Cale debated for a moment on just leaving... Though what was the point. She already knew he was there... "Hello.." He said in return.

Cale's lip twitched upwards into a smirk. He couldn't say he hadn't heard that before. "And.. You are very very small."

He tilted his head curiously, green bangs falling into his face. "Define... 'aren't good'." The Captain's gaze fell to the bottle clutched tightly in her hand and gave a very disgusted snort. "Of course you we given garbage for a weapon." His gaze narrowed, not so much fixed on or at her as it was towards the bottle. "What do you plan to do with a bottle no longer than you fingers? What is even in it? Is.. Is that GLITTER?" Appalling, honestly. "Does Cosmos trust us that little? Still?"

The so called 'giant' rolled his eyes. "I'll ask again. What do you plan to do with that 'weapon'?" His voice clearly dripping with distain. "Just cause Order see's it as bad, doesn't mean it is."

Caledonite actually sneezed when she threw the glitter in his face. Great.. Getting all this glitter out of his hair was going to take ages. "Argh..." He hissed, shaking his head and trying to dust the glitter off him. "Fine, we'll call it your 'sparkling' personality."

The sound of heels clicking caught his attention and he looked up just in time for Dinara to stamp on his foot. The Captain snarled. "********, really?" He reached out, snatching up the the girls hand. "Did you stop to think that maybe I think you're worth more then a pathetic bottle of glitter?" Cause she was. She was worth so, so much more.

Caledonite sighed, ignoring the pain in his foot. "Look at me. And I mean look at all of me. What do I look like to you? Do you not see it?" He threw his arms out, going as far as to spin so the young Page could see his entire outfit. "You are not the first Cosmos Page I've come across with a weapon that could do nothing for them. I've seen a sprig from a blank. A crystal. How are you meant to attack and beat your enemy, when Cosmos doesn't give you anything to defend yourself?"

Taking the chance, Cale moved closer to the girl, invading her space and brushing away one of the stray tears that had crept into the corner of her eyes. "You're right. I don't know you. We will see each other if that is what you want. Make things how you want them to be. Not because that's how it 'always' is." He with drew his hand, letting it drop to his side. "My name is Caledonite. But it was not my first name. The name I had before was Caledonia, of Cosmos."

Caledonite seemed to perk up at the mention of Marialite, but he relaxed more all the same. "Like Marialite... She was the one who had the crystal. Or, rather a prism as she called it. We have... a friend. He goes by the name of Galaxite, he had the sprig... as for me." He gestured towards the bracers around his wrists. "They're more... decoration now more then anything but I had bracers." He shrugged lightly.

"Mari is still nice. I know her, outside all of this. Galaxite too. We all belonged to Cosmos, at one point. All left with no way to protect ourselves... let alone those around us. We are better off now... We can keep ourselves and each other safe, from those who want to hurt us." Cale got quiet then. "You could too... you know." He could keep her safe. Just like he did with the others. She could belong to something far better. She could belong with people who thought her better.

Cale could tell this was all a bit much. He'd been in her position before... "...Would you like to sit down?" The Captain asked, nodding towards the street curb.

"Yes. Both as Agents and as people, if that's what you mean." Caledonite said, following and sitting next to her. "You could be better off, yes. Or at least I would think so. I'm sure Marialite would say the same." The Captain then summoned his weapon, a pair of twin bladed knuckle dusters and handed them to the Page. Probably a poor move, but given he could call them back when he wanted, he wasn't entirely worried about it.

"It hurts, quiet a bit." He still remembered the pain, the ache in his chest and it had been almost six years. Cale rubbed at the spot over his starseed absently. But then she asked about how he had come to be and he frowned. "My story isn't like Marialite's. It might cast a negative light on the Negaverse. On me, but.." Ah well. "I don't remember to much of it. Just anger and betrayal. At the time, I had been called by a Corrupt I knew. I didn't know what he wanted back then. Turns out, he had slowly been draining my energy to the point where I couldn't hold my glamour anymore. He had called the General Queen in that time.." Cale's frown turned into a scowl. "Turns out the senshi had been my boyfriend at the time. Next thing I knew, Laurelite was there and it was over with before I had a chance to process." He shrugged lightly. "There's a bit more to it but that's the basic story. I'm not going to bore you with the nitty gritty." Caledonite propped an elbow on his knee, dropping his chin into it and looked at her. "Marialite asked, for the record. Before you start panicking. She decided on her own what she wanted.

"Yes, I think you'd be better off. But that's your choice to make. I think you're worth more then a bottle of glitter. Marialite, Galaxite and I work as a team. I've done what I can to make sure they can protect themselves. They are well on their way to being the best at what they do. As for being easier... It starts out difficult. You essentially have to... rebuild yourself, in a sense. You can't be who you were. It's not safe. It does get easier though. But unlike my situation, where I was alone, left with no one after my corruption, you would not be. Should that be something you choose."

"I didn't exactly ask for the details back then. But eventually I found out that he essentially had been ordered to bring someone into the fold, so to speak or else he would be in serious trouble. Caledonia was, unfortunately that someone. He didn't know that I was him until it was to late for both of us. He probably figured a forced corruption was easier then a willing. Willing would have given him more of a chance to back out, for them both to run. Forced meant that it was over and done with." Again Caledonite shrugged. "Over and done. But you're right. I did deserve better, and I have better now."

He glanced at the hand momentarily, then her, before turning and looking down the street. Ah... It makes sense she'd ask about Galaxite. "I was involved in both of their corruptions. Marialite packed her things, brought with her what she wanted before seeking Galaxite and I out. Galaxite... on the other hand." This is were things got awkward. "Galaxite I met through another Page. I have not seen her in quite some time... but that's not important anymore I suppose. He had stumbled upon me out and about in a similar way as you have tonight actually. He had questions... I had answers." Some anyway, some things were still unexplainable.

He paused then, turning back to look at her. "Do you remember when I said my story would cast a negative light?" Yeah... "He was curious about things... Curiosity was going to get him killed. I couldn't let that happen. I wouldn't that happen. Be it by another agent, or worse. I knew I could protect him, but I couldn't do that properly if he was still with Cosmos. So...I did the only thing I knew of. Throughout his questions, I took his energy in small amounts till he got tired, like I did. Then I called Laurelite. You can probably guess the rest."

Caledonite reached over, taking the weapons from her after a moment and dismissed them. "I am aware of how that makes me look. I did to Galaxite, what that Senshi did to me. It was a mistake on my part. As I said. I had no one after I was corrupted. I acted on anger back then. I saw someone I knew and wanted to take him from everything. I wanted to show that Order doesn't care about us. But Galaxite does not hold what happened against me. Nor does Marialite. And for that I am grateful. We, I am happier now, then I was back then." Not that he could remember his past life to make such a claim. "I have gained more through both of them, then I ever could had I still been with Cosmos."

Again Caledonite shrugged. "It is your choice."