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“You said the child was chained in her psyche plane, right?” said Luis, sitting rigidly at the bunk of stone, lost in the spiral of his thoughts.
Kleint nodded as he stared at Z. He was still slumped on the ground, trying to steady his breathing. He must be rusty, to have drained himself with just one technique. Well, he had already amassed massive energy to buy Z and her comrades some time to run away; even so, he needed a new set of training to make up with the years he was unconscious.
“What’s with a child being chained inside Z?” Granny walked toward them, her brows furrowed. “I never heard of such a phenomenon, though it might be a different case if it’s her soul. That still doesn’t explain why it’s encaged, but it’s more likely to be the case.”
Sighing, Luis closed his eyes. “Whatever the case, we should prioritize the Gorche attached to her—”
“We cannot do that.” Kleint shook his head, clenching his fist. “Gourche is a limiter placed upon
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