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You’re not getting anything else, though. Bridgett is correct: you have no choice in this matter if you want to take this avenue.

Still...if his demand is a favor, then it’s reasonable to assume that, as we figured, his objective is already complete. That’s assuming he’s not using it as a deception of some sort, but that’s not something I can really see him doing in this scenario. Am I wrong?

That means you lot have to answer Annie’s question and decide who’s fighting, as well as what the rest of you are going to do.

I stand by my opinion that the Princess, Annie, and Chloe should remain here, and given the assessment now I believe Bridgett is likely the best combatant, but I will not attempt to force that onto any of you should you believe otherwise. It is your lives that are in the most danger here, after all.

It was probably her whole family. It seems likely to me that they needed someone else to blame as the instigators, but found it much easier to blame them if there was nobody to give an opposing viewpoint. It didn’t help that their agency operates all over the continent, making it easy to come up with a story of some kind about them being hired by an opposing nation.

There’s one main reason why an entry for me says that, although I would like to preface this by saying that I am most definitely a writer. That is my chosen profession, and that is how I make my living.

Although I said there’s one reason, it’s a little complex. To begin, Harbinger is extremely wary of me, and I know this because he told me himself. While the actual quote was, ‘You’re the most terrifying student I’ve ever seen’ and it was said partially in jest, I was good enough at reading people that I could tell he meant more than he was trying to let on. The reason for it is that I was the top student in my class at the Royal Academy in the Nalis Capital City of Organis...or I would have been had I wanted to. I purposefully dropped my grades so I wouldn’t have to speak at the ceremonies. I am an excellent tactical analyst, and my ability to understand and utilize Crystallis Matrix theory is one of the best in the country. I assume at least some of you noticed the dual utilization I employed during the fight earlier, and any of you that understand matrix theory will understand how difficult it is to do that successfully.

I’m explaining this because I want you to understand why he actually cares.

It’s important because, regardless of what my skillset is, combat with other humans is not something I want to be involved in or do well in. I can, and will, fight if threatened, as my life is too important to me to simply let it go, but if that does not happen I will generally not join the fight. There are a few possible exceptions...but if Harbinger is in charge of the database, or at least has input towards any of the entries, what is written there makes sense. He knows that I will not join a fight if I am not put in a position where I have no choice. In a situation like this, where your forces are a small contingent, involving someone that doesn't need to be involved is a bad tactical choice, particularly when the individual in question has any combat skill or experience.

That’s the only reason I can think of that would merit such an entry.

If you want the unrelated details of my service record, ask my commanding officer.

Despite your thinking that every detail of my life needs to be laid bare to you, it's not a subject I really want to talk about.