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[ Yeager isn't the only one looking for shards today! She's not doing well at it, as she is distracted by her own visions, but Ashley is also out on the city. The sound of chatter far too animated for the droned city draws her in his direction, as it's people she doesn't recognize—but she realizes when she turns the corner of whatever city block they're going down what's going on.

To see and hear Yeager with these girls... She feels like she shouldn't interrupt.

Convenient, then, that her own vision, a boy with a gnarly claw wound across his face walks from behind her, letting a long, low whistle out from his ripped and torn lips. ]

Now what do we got here? Doesn't this look like just a, a nice, quaint little family, huh, Ash?

Jo- no, no, I'm not talking to- Yeager, sorry, I-I wasn't trying to eavesdrop.

[ In a mock whisper: ] I-I- I was.

Shh!