Silly. Silly of her to let her guard down. For someone like her who struggled to keep her skills up to par in her human body, caution was an absolute must. It was exactly for moments like these that Tsubaki needed to be at her best.

But she didn't recognize the prickle at the back of her mind until the thing that had once been Sora was already on the move. She whirled, not knowing what she was looking for, only knowing that something was there--and by that time, Sora was already barreling toward her, a smudge of black that stood out against the rest of the darkness.

Wha--

Even as it--he--jumped at her, eyes blazing, she sensed something was amiss. Something that should be there but wasn't. Something familiar that she should recognize.