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>Karahan: More than half of the Zaku's have been destroyed! Sir, we can not approach the Argama any further without risk of being-
>Rommel: Focus on the Argama's engines! So long as we can trap it here, reinforcements can finish it off! I...will face them myself!

Trusting the Shangri-La kid with engaging Rommel's forces, the Argama runs without proper leadership as Emma still finds herself trying to calm Bright degeneration.

>Emma: Captain, she did save us. Even if you believe she is trying to hurt us, I saw someone desperate just to-
>Bright: You aren't listening. Just like her mother, that child is far more dangerous when she is actively trying to help others than if she were just maliciously attempting to hurt us. She...is just a danger to everyone on this ship.

Feeling yet another rumble, Emma prepares to make her way to the bridge, only to stop as Bright reaches for her hand.

>Bright: You must contain her.
>Emma: She...appears to be hiding from us-
>Bright: She can't stop from clinging onto others. Its...the same as how Kuzco was.

As Judau arrives in the ZZ Gundam to take pressure off of Roux and his other friends, Elpeo stares down at the cooled bathwater in front of her, feeling a pang of sadness at not being doted on like she had been in the homeland. With Glemy now under full surveillance from a full-time guard and even Judau appearing to dislike her, Elpeo quietly begins to hope for any sort of attention or company, even should it come from Emma's correction of her. Hearing her rooms door being accessed, Elpeo lets out a shaky breath as she awaits Emma's hand.

>Elpeo: F-fine, you hag! Give me your best...huh?

Shuffling into the room, Asherah locks eyes with Elpeo, her eyes looking over Elpeo's bare features.

>Elpeo:...What, you want to take a picture or something? Aren't you the crybaby everyone said was hiding on the-
>Asherah: I...dislike feeling lonely too.
>Elpeo:...Your really weird, you know that?