Prologue | Part 8: Abel's Resolution

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Dolly: Abel is so slow… How long does running a damn errand take?

Dolly: Ah, Setsu, it’s okay if you go to sleep already. I’ll stay awake and be on guard duty by mys—

[GUNSHOT NOISES]

Dolly: Those gunshot noises… are those Abel’s!?

Flost: DOLLY!

Dolly: Wh—Flost!?

Flost: Hey, where’s Abel!?

Dolly: E-Er… Abel was running some kind of errand… b-but those gunshots just now—!

Flost: Tch… so he moved on his own after all, didn’t he…

Dolly: H… Hey, if he’s by himself, then maybe...

Flost: Abel went to Vaha’s turf… alone.

Dolly: H-He— Y-You’re kidding, right!?

Flost: Get moving, Dolly! Let’s follow after him!

Dolly: Damn it…! Why… Why did I never notice!?

Dolly: Goddamnit!!!

???: I give up…

[VAHA’S CRY]

Evan: It’s still too early to come here… we don’t know about all of its weaknesses yet…

[VAHA’S CRY]

Evan: F—

[METALLIC SOUNDS FOLLOWED BY VAHA’S CRY]

Evan: Damn, it’s ignoring me…

[VAHA’S CRY]

Abel: C’mere then, you monster!

Abel: I’ll make you eat that “tomorrow” where all we do is run and survive!

Abel: I’m not... runnin’ away anymore!

[VAHA’S CRY + SLASHING SOUND]

Abel: Urk!! Augh!!!

Dolly: ABEL!!

Flost: Stand down, Dolly! If you charge ahead recklessly, you’ll only die in vain!

Dolly: Shut up! Let me go! LET ME GO!!

Dolly: HEY! ABEL, ANSWER ME!! MOVE, MOVE ALREADY!!

Evan: Dolly! Flost!

Flost: Evan…!?

Dolly: Damn it! Let go of me, Flost! Abel— Abel!!

Evan: If you get too close, you’ll get done in for sure, y’know...?

Dolly: That doesn’t matter! He might still be alive!

Dolly: I can’t continue like this…!

Dolly: I don’t want to continue regretting things any more than this!!

Flost: Ah!

Abel: Hurk…

Dolly, Flost, Evan: Abel!?

Dolly: Abel! I’m coming over right now!

Flost: Wait!

Dolly: Shut the hell up! If you don’t want to go, then at least keep your mouth shut!

Flost: Who told you you couldn’t go?

Evan: “If you really must, then at least prepare yourself where necessary”... is what he meant, no?

Dolly: Hah? H-Hey… then that means…

Flost: I’m sorry for asking you this at a time like this, but... Setsu, I want to borrow your power.

Lapomme: Is that alright with you? That could be dangerous, no?

Flost: There are more reasons to do it now.

Evan: That’s it. It’s up to us to protect Abel.

Dolly: Please…! Lend us your strength!

Lapomme: What are you going to do?

> I’m going to take their hands.

[VAHA’S CRY]

Dolly, Flost, Evan: Here we go!

Evan: Our first battle is against Vaha. What bad luck, huh~?

Flost: Regardless, I’ve no intention for us to die here.

Dolly: Ha! Let’s crush it!!