...Five seconds into this new scenario and it slipped from her again. She was vaguely aware of the shade tightening his grip, but her eyes had moved to focus on Nigredo in the background. The boy reaching behind himself to bring out something similar to what Soma had had nights before.

What was this? Was there a gun sale somewhere that she missed? Man, give her a sword and she was fine--stuff like that seemed way too crazy.

Her eyes darted down to the other when he spoke, but too quickly pulled back to Nigredo, expression shifting to a mix of shock and dismay. "What the hell, Nigredo?" If he was going to have that, he could deal with her swearing. "Where did you get that?"