Even with victory over the Tactician, it did not feel like one. Yuki was not the only one feeling a little off about the whole encounter. The ominous message left behind did not help. No one said anything about it immediately. Attention went to recovering Yumi and regrouping. Everyone was just happy to have Yumi back. So it was easy to push looming things to the background, even if they should not be.
But it only introduced new worries for everyone. Once they returned to Phoibe's home it became that there might be something more to the problem.
They put Yumi to rest in her bed from before. "She ain't waking."
"It's only been a few minutes," Saki replied trying to think about it in a positive light, though they were all thinking the same thing. Worry ran thick and uncontrollable. They di
