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Stepping through the crowded streets leading to the primary train junction, Amate finds herself lost in thought as she considers her mothers words about working towards intergrating properly into society to truly have a chance at visiting the Earth. As she loses focus of the world around her, she feels herself collapsing to the ground as a fast moving mass slams into her.

>Amate: W-what the hell-

Before Amate can properly react, the young woman responsible for tackling into her scrambles to grab onto a bag, before sprinting through the active streets to avoid a group of Outer Colony security Officers chasing after her.

>Amate: Oow~...w-wait, don't step on-

Droning on through their normal lives, a group of mindlessly marching civilians steps over Amate's bag before she is able to grab hold of it again.

>Amate: Ugh...! If anything broke in there, mom's going to lose her mind again~!

Rushing to small clearing with an unused bench, Amate opens her bag to check on the damage done to her school equipment...only to feel her blood running cold as she find a highly illegal censor jammer projecting a signal to allow for open data flow within a mile radius of its activation.

>Amate: (She took my bag...! If she has one of these, she must have been one of those Zeon's that were being talked about-)

An overweight, aged man takes a seat next to Amate, his eyes looking downward as he taps his fingers against something in his pocket. As Amate attempts to stand, the man presses his hand to her thigh to keep her seated.

>Grizzled man: Goddamned moron, stay still. Of all the places to activate it, why here?
>Amate: I don't-
>Grizzled man: Stay quiet.

Moving his head up to look at his watch, the man quickly looks around the area, before slipping an small letter under Amate's skirt.

>Grizzled man: Be smarter next time, brat.

Just as quickly as he had arrived, the man merges back into the ever moving crowd.