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"You're gonna leave us out to dry here?!" Touma exclaimed incredulously as Severa seemed to give up. Despite his outburst though, he did have some faith that she was on the right track. The boy couldn't fathom any other way to interpret the riddle, so he had to bank on the solution still being an in-progress deal, especially once the wall near the door gave way to reveal the television screen.
Pursing his lips slightly, Touma furrowed his brow. Times like these, he'd almost missed the times when he could just punch his way through his problems, but the world never stayed as simple as that for long. Funny enough, perhaps Othinus was the one who taught him that the most, after everything that's happened.
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"I wonder, though..." Touma mumbled, looking over at the TV.
"What did they mean by this?"
As Chise postulated about a secret, Touma furrowed his brow further, putting a finger to his forehead in deep thought. If the so-called secret from the riddle had something to do with the TV, he could only wonder. As for the plant itself though, Touma didn't quite have a green thumb, but now that he thought about it...
"Wait a minute," Touma snapped his fingers, as though another idea had hit him. Opting to show what had come up in his mind instead of vocalizing though, the teen walked over to the supposedly non-functional water cooler and pressed on the tap three times.
The first time, for a good few seconds. The second time, for little more than a second. The third time, a longer while again.
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"That'll teach you...!" Riesbyfe exclaimed, almost sounding like a teacher scolding a student, or something to that degree. Still, of all things, she gave pause when the monster didn't immediately move again to retaliate. It was that kind of hesitation that the woman couldn't imagine in what she believed to be a feral beast.
In the past, as a Holy Knight, Riesbyfe couldn't have imagined herself hesitating to slay whatever demons and ghouls stood in her way, but ever since her fateful encounter that day with the Night of Wallachia, and all the other bizarre things she'd seen ever since becoming aware of the multiverse at large, her mind had been opened up quite a bit, to say the least.
One such way was to consider different possibilities.
Even if the monster would charge her again, she had to be sure. Even if it would put her at a disadvantage, or get her killed, she had to be sure. She would rather that happen than the other way around, if she was right.
Against all odds, Riesbyfe only held out her free hand to her opponent, and did nothing else, gazing intently at the monster.
"Stop!" She barked out fiercely, like a person talking to their dog.
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