After the failed elimination attempt of the Rebel elements in Timber, Galbadia had instead captured a Esthar SeeD as a consolation prize. Whilst the true employer of the SeeD was not yet identified, this was grounds that the Esthar Garden and now by proxy Esthar was seling it's mercenaries to terrorist elements. Worse, with the infamous Maris having escaped their holding, as well as Adel and now this, the public and political opinions of Esthar had sharply nose dived.

Indeed, so far Winhill, Unita, and Trabia had all taken fairly heavy public relation blows. Relatively good news for Galbadia, but with such crazy threats on the loose, especially with Esthar mobilizing and having no results in finding Adel so far. The rumor mill suggesting they're preparing for war.

Educationally, all of this should matter to Mai, but her hospitalization was worse than her comrades. Despite his injuries, Raeka had recovered to help restrain Robin after somehow taking her Guardian Force for his own. Then beyond that, cursory medical attention was all that was necessary.

Nami as well faired better than Mai. Though she did suffer burns as well as some fair degree of muscle damage from the electrical shock, had also recovered faster than Mai. Of course, the Almasy received premium treatment from her parents, and a high grade healing sorceress expedited most the healing process, it still left Mai the last one to get out of bed.

Surgeons, technicians, engineers and your average suite of doctors were required to stabilize, diagnose and treat the damage she had undergone. Of course none of this was enough to actually get her time off from her job. No, she was simply given a lower intensity assignment. Observation of Raeka. Easy enough with how consistently he was around, although perhaps a touch concerning considering the subject. This wasn't a test, was it?

Either way, even cursory attention to the man was revealing more oddities, occasionally talking to himself in that language the other form used, and it seemed the complete abandonment of such concerns as food or sleep. While he could partake in them, he did so mainly as a matter of appearing normal.

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