Dragon's Bane

[Shan]

I got dressed early in the morning and decided to head in to work a tad bit earlier than usual. I had to question one of the pilots who was sick and in the med hall. I wanted to object to Joshua's request in questioning him so soon, but it was either that or not at all, and I knew he would find someone else if I didn't.

I walked into the med hall a few moments later and saw the man still having to use the breathing machine to keep him alive. I walked into the room just as the nurse was finishing checking on him.

"I'm sorry Ma'am." she said. "This one isn't supposed to have visitors, he's too injured."

"Shan-Katacuchi, offical HG business. I need to ask him questions about the crash."

"Sorry Miss Katacuchi, he's seeing no one. You will have to come back at a later time."

"And I'm further sorry for having to ignore what you just said." I said walking past the nurse and into the room, I shut the door and the nurse's voice raised for a second before stomping away, more than likely towards the doctors to complain. I didn't have long.

"My name is Shan-Katacuchi, I've been sent here to find out why you crashed." I said to the man, he looked at me with out any hint or sign of understanding, only mumbled something. "What?" I asked.

"Crashed..." he said.

"Right, you crashed, why did you crash?"

"*Mumble* Nomad..."

What did he just say?

"Hey! You! Get out of there this instant!" said the doctor banging on the door.

"A Nomad? What about it?"

"Attacked me...fled into Chugoku...attacked by strange looking ships...Kusari design...looked experemental..." and the man passed out after that last word. The doctor barged in, threatened to call my superior and ordered me out.

I got what I needed to know anyway, I headed towards Joshua's office on Kyoto. I had valuable information to tell him.

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