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Year X998

A Simple Bout
Nozomi stood up. "So...we simply beat this thing...and you're return us the book and take us back to the library?"

"That is correct."

"And there's no catch to this? Nothing else after this?"

"Not at all."

"Then this might be just what I need." She was a bit eager. This owl, his questions, everything seemed to be distracting her from the memories inside her head. She was eager to let that continue. "Seika, let's break it like we did grandfather's cleaver when we were kids."

Seika nodded. "Yeah. Snap it like a twig." A faint aura of cyan surrounded her body; her feet left the ground as she began levitating. "...This is a power unlike any other. Not magic. Not natural. It's a power born from exposure to the dimensions. This is the power of a psychic. Prepare yourself, 'cause now, I'm gonna save this world!"

The beast lunged at them with blinding speed, moving before they could really react, it's claws extended as if to rip out their soft young throats. Nozomi's glasses shone in a rather disturbing manner. "It's moving!"