The peaceful times are over. Moloch von Zinzer was murdered, and Nine was sentenced as his murderer. Everyone in Cartesio knows that.
Although life goes on, it seems the town of Cartesio isn't going to forget the tourists' transgressions. Not only they commited larceny in the cinema, they also murdered and executed in their town! It's no surprise their hospitality towards the visitors has cooled down considerably.
Not only they're maintaining a tense cordiality with them, they also have started talking behind the visitors' backs. All kinds of rumors are starting to sprout, yet nobody seems to be willing to say it to the tourists' faces. Talking directly to most passerby makes them distrustful, and nobody seems to want to be in close quarters alone with them.
It's only matter of time before the relationship between tourists and Cartesio starts degrading even further.
In the lobby of the motel there's a few more brochures, and
the maps have been updated once again.
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[The dude forgave a terrorist and murderer without a second thought, what's one wrench in a machine?
She listens to the explanation, but there's certainly an amused little smile creeping onto her lips, too.]
Haha... even down to piloting something like that? Jeez. [She knows Keith won't understand what she means, so she continues.] Rean— he's the pilot of Valimar, the divine knight. Big ol' robot, looks kinda like a big blocky person.
[it's a gundam
As for "Gramps"]
Eh, it's not that bad. He gets me presents n' stuff. [Millium, that's not the point?] He needs me 'cause I can link up with Lammy. Al's the same way with Sammy. And buildin' us all small like this, when we can phase Sammy n' Lammy in and out whenever we want to, it means we can get into lots of places that big people like you can't.
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[Now that has him intrigued. What an oddly specific thing to have in common with someone else from another universe. Keith's not sure if he's amused or baffled by the existence of more super robots.]
Was Valimar also made by Alteans?
[Seems unlikely somehow, even though he's met Alteans from an alternate universe. He starts frowning again at that "it's not bad cuz I get presents" bit, because yeah wow that really is NOT the point, Milium?? Then he's shaking his head because to a degree she does have a point about natural advantages (again, reminded of Pidge here)... but only to a certain extent.]
Sounds like he owed you more than a few presents from time to time.
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[She says that cheerily enough.]
Umm... I dunno what Alteans are, so I'm gonna guess that's a no? They're like, super ancient, though. We thought the legends were all just stories 'til we ran into 'em for ourselves.
I think they were a witch n' gnome project? But we're talkin' way before recorded history, so outside o' what I've overheard from Emma, it's real hard to say.
[it's a MYSTERY gundam
And to that next part, more seriously, she falters. Her usual smile fades, and there's a flicker of something across her face that makes it seem almost like the next words will be something like "I know," and yet...]
...Why?
I mean, he bought me, n' I belong to him. Seems t'me I should feel lucky to get anything at all.