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[Jeremy Hunter]

The bed shifted. Yuki's eyes would focus to see her sister, Natsumi. Her eldest sister gently kissed her bare shoulder, smiling as the artificial sun ceiling backlit her. Their lips met, marking the start of a new day. She could not remember what was said, but she could feel the happiness. As Natsumi left the bed to clean up, Yuki would see outside Madoka, currently doing his morning calisthenics. He was alone, and she understood how he probably felt. The sound of the bath soon stopped, full, and she slid out and padded in.
"Natnat?"
"Yes?"
"Thank you."

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"We must take her past, Admiral, to save her future." Ellie Hunter's hands danced across the holoscreens before her, doing about three things at once. A few tubes of nanites began to shake, marking their activation. The Director of the Order Science Division wasn't looking at Golanski, even as the man bore into her with his hardened eyes, the ethics of what they were going to do weighing on them...but none more than Rika. She was in the corner, watching her adopted daughter lose everything about her so she could live. Iona had called and confirmed the plan on their end...but now, nothing mattered. All that mattered was she had to lose her daughter to save her, and Ellie was the one pulling the figurative trigger. The Doctor paused, and looked finally at Michal.
"The Order has done many things, many of them unethical...many of them dangerous. Michal, this is no longer about ethics but survival. We all know how Yuki can and will act. Removing her memories, placing trust in Iona's Pet Project...in my nanites..." She clenched, Ellie's hands forming fists. "We cannot risk the ides of ethics. If we do not do this here, and now...if we do not safeguard her for the future, there will be nothing. She ran away once, and if she chooses to run again, will she take the Tome? Rika? Will she steal an Osiris?!" Ellie turned away. "There are too many variables. For her sake...for ours...we must take away everything that made Yuki herself..."

She pressed a single button, and the nanites moved, starting to cover a mess of organs Ellie had laid out near them. "But for now...I must go through and repair any and all damage, and rebuild her immune system. Once that is done we can get rid of the artifact and hide her from even the Nomads." Fingers danced once more, directing her creations forward. Ellie said nothing more, as the cloud of nanites descended upon Yuki.

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Jeremy Hunter, uncle and mutual friend, had arrived late. He had to prepare everything for his departure as usual, and with the mass of Crayterian forces moving to and fro, there was quite honestly a lot he had to worry about..,.but today, his worries were solely for his niece. He could already see how much the act she was about to do was tearing his sister apart, his twin...that bond of twins could be considered extraordinary, to the point of supernatural. He could feel the rage and sorrow at what she was going to do, but in the end...
The ends justify the means. History will remember atrocities...but at least there will be people left, free, to remember.

And that was okay.

He came to a stop next to Michal, adjusting his jacket. He looked rested, the quietness of Coronado much better than the insanity following his mother's kidnapping. He removed a hand from his pocket, rubbing his forehead. "The worst part about this is the fact I can't make anything better, Michal." He whispered. "I can turn Milly good, save my wife and manage to save an AI...but I have to watch my niece stuck in cryo."He growled. "What cruel irony this is. The Universe is said to not be a funny being, but it has black humor like you wouldn't believe." Jeremy shook his head. "Can't save everybody. I just wish I wasn't reminded that so often."