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"Huh? Can't you do the same thing? I saw you kick a first type like a soccer ball so hard I don't even think the thing came back down." Ai said with a laugh.
Ai and Eiji had been making their way back to the base when Ai saw a new type of machina with new weapons. They chased after it and had just now caught up to it. Mio looked at the two laughing and joking away in confusion. She had no idea how these two who looked drenched from the radioactive rain outside were able to smile in a situation like this. But what shocked her, even more, was how they did not melt in the rain.
"How..." Mio finally spoke up.
"Oh? Ai, we ended up saving this woman here." Eiji said just now realizing someone else was here.
"What do you know." Ai turned and looked at the girl. She then looked at the corpse filled with holes. "This one here your friend?" Ai asked.
"Ah, yes... Tomo..." Mio began to tear up.
