Oriko didn't have to be present for the confrontation to know that Haruto is dead now, or that Nitoh has been unable to subdue the phantom. Her earlier encounters amounted to nothing beyond making her very tired, though she is still resolved to see this ended.
It's such a small thing to concern herself with, but she has to think of the repercussions. Kirika will have to know (if only she could get out here to the city limits fast enough), and the rest of the townspeople as well. How many Exiles live already in despair?
Not long at all after Beast and Dragon do battle, it's her turn to approach him. However close she has been or however mindfully she's kept track of his actions, this time she cannot wait in the shadows for his arrival and must step out to face him instead. She had never quite stopped thinking of Kirika's witch as Kirika - with Dragon, Oriko does not have this problem.
ANOTHER ONE shortly after the thread above this one
Oriko didn't have to be present for the confrontation to know that Haruto is dead now, or that Nitoh has been unable to subdue the phantom. Her earlier encounters amounted to nothing beyond making her very tired, though she is still resolved to see this ended.
It's such a small thing to concern herself with, but she has to think of the repercussions. Kirika will have to know (if only she could get out here to the city limits fast enough), and the rest of the townspeople as well. How many Exiles live already in despair?
Not long at all after Beast and Dragon do battle, it's her turn to approach him. However close she has been or however mindfully she's kept track of his actions, this time she cannot wait in the shadows for his arrival and must step out to face him instead. She had never quite stopped thinking of Kirika's witch as Kirika - with Dragon, Oriko does not have this problem.
"Hello, Dragon."