>"Not as such. But I am wondering if Sanae being there made it go off."
> "So it's still kind of her fault..."
>So. We need to figure out: what happened to our memory; what happened to Sanae; what the gold and bronze glows are and why they are different; who caused this water thing and why; AND how to fix it all.
>Things were much simpler when we could just beat up random people until the wrongness stopped.
> You have at least five different objectives right now, all which may or may not be intertwined. You take a moment to yearn for past incidents, where you solved your problems with danmaku instead of sleuthing.
> "It has a self-defense mechanism that makes it go nuts. I...think it thinks Sanae is a serious threat to my life. Or perhaps it's whatever is making her sleep, or whatever is making her glow."
> Kogasa's jaw drops. "No way! Then, it's gotta be one of those last two things! I know Sanae can be trigger-happy when it comes to danmaku, but she wouldn't actually kill someone, would she...?"
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