> Nonverbally congratulate Stargazer, she's doing well! Tell her to keep it up!
>You think she got it, but it's a little too busy to hear the response.
>How much distance did we manage to cover last time, during the period that time was slowed by the pocketwatch?
>Are we at a similar or lesser distance now?
>If not, try to carefully maneuver closer, and once close enough, do the following: (If already close enough, do it anyway)
>Mentally yell to Stargazer: "Get away!"
>Open the pocketwatch
>Dash to Suwako as quickly as we possibly can. Be willing to scrape by a projectile or two if necessary. Push it.
>Swing around Suwako such that her and Kanako are in a straight line from us
>Expend all our charge to shoot a fusion laser at point blank range, with both Suwako and Kanako in its line of fire
>You're about the same distance as before.
>You open the watch, and the lilypads practically come to a stop. You dash forward, picking your way through through the slow moving danmaku, and swing around behind Suwako.
>As time moves once again, you level a powerful beam at Suwako and Kanako. Suwako practically dives aside, apparently having been able to deduce your movements despite your speed, but the beam still cuts through her side, leaving a nasty wound in its wake. Kanako sees it coming, but it not fast enough to complete avoid it, taking a hit to her hip.
>Suwako cries out, losing her balance in midair.
>Charged to 0%
> Okay. So the unknown person was Minoriko.
> Too bad we likely don't know her.
>She looks kinda familiar, you might have seen her once. But you have no idea who she is.
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