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[Two mis-matched feet appear on the mirror: one encased in concrete, the other seemingly orbited by electrons, not quite to scale.]

Is it like this? Ah, no... I'm supposed to do... this? Cat, are you sure your vine mirror is supposed to do this? Wait, don't--

[After some awkward shifting around of the "camera", the newcomer's face is finally revealed. She's changed back into her normal clothes by now -- though "normal" is a subjective term here.]

Oh... I see. Thanks. Um, bye? --Wait, you never told me your name!

[Utsuho frowns at the cat that's seemed to have lost its patience with her and left. She looks back at the mirror a little awkwardly, unused to this kind of... technology. She shifts in place, stretches out her raven wings, looks a little closer to see what's on the other side...]

...Hello? Hm, I feel like I'm talking to myself. Can someone really see this?

Can the, uh... [She holds up a scroll to quickly re-read and remind herself of the name.] Queen of Hearts see this? Am I supposed to be building something? I think I've forgotten somehow. I don't remember this place at all.

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Even if she could, the Queen of Hearts is probably not going to answer your questions. She never has.

Shit, I've had more luck getting a straight answer of of the High Priestess.

Who's the High Priestess?

One of the other people here that seems to be in charge. Her job is to confuse the hell out of you. By her own admission.

More tricky people... Maybe I should vaporize her, too?

...not until we know she's not an Anchor. I don't want to know what'll happen if the Anchors go down.

An Anchor? What do you mean?

We're not sure. We think there are people, or things, that keep this garden and everyone in them safe. Destroying them is probably hazardous to your health. Not to mention mine.

Oh. Hmph, the Queen is making things so complicated.

That's one hell of an understatement, yes. Believe me, I'd like this to be a situation I can terminate with extreme prejudice too.

So we can't destroy the High Priestess... It's fine to kill the Queen, though, right?

Tempted as I am to say yes, we don't know that SHE isn't an anchor, either.

Feel free to blow up any confirmed non-anchor keepers of the Gardens.

Not her, either!? But she's the one that deserves it the most!

I know. It's EXTREMELY frustrating for me too. Violence isn't the answer - it's the question, you know? Unfortunately the answer seems to be 'too risky.'

I see... I can understand that. But there has to be a way to get rid of the Anchor thing, right?

The best thing we can do is figure out what the Anchors are and how to keep them safe before we attack. I'm working on it, and would appreciate any help I can get.

I'll help! Just tell me what to do.

We're heading into the wild, where I can assure you anything that isn't our group is fair game.

Really? I'll go, then! I'll burn up anything!