The next morning, Lumina's words weighed heavily on Kaori's shoulders. She heard the goddess's plan regarding Amber, agreed with what she proposed and wanted to act on it, but she had no idea how the group would react or if Ash would allow her to go through with it. That last part was important because, without Ash, this plan of Lumina's wasn't possible. It would require her to be at least willing to go along with them here.
And, even if all that worked out, the unfortunate fact was that just thinking about what she'd do was enough to have her shaking. She set all of that aside, however, and as the group was finishing up their breakfast, Kaori looked to inform everyone of what she'd been told in her dreams.
"Almost every store downtown's closed up," Metsumi said, as she washed some of the dishes.
