Shane: I suppose so.


    I hate myself.


    I wish I could die right now, in some accident or other.


    Five girls dead because of me. Those bastards lied their heads off. Why the hell did they have to? I would have still been willing to go to Tau Ceti without that particular push.


    "To make sure!"


    Yeah, sure. Well, they have really made sure I can''t stay here. I don''t have the right to be with anybody, now.


    So I gotta go to Tau Ceti.


    Or, maybe, die here.


    Sigh.


    And, if that Angel of Death thing is for real, then I can''t just kill myself.


    What the hell. Isn''t that Angel stuff even less likely than insta-clones?


    But how did they deprogram those girls without any help, then?


    I murdered five innocent girls. And I have to keep on studying.


    It''s bloody hard. But, if I don''t, I won''t get to be captain. So I''ll be stuck here... Maybe do something in the asteroid belt? But if those in charge, whoever they may be, don''t let me, then what chance have I?


    Pity my shield held when that asteroid almost hit the dome - no, no, can''t think that, if I had failed then everyone could have died - oh, this is so depressing.


    Damn, there''s two teenage girls standing on the track. Always teenage girls...


    Wait a minute, are they...


    Shit.


    Those looks - they''re trying hard to hide their revulsion, aren''t they?


    What the fuck hell is this?


    What?


    evil, right? And for that matter, what those so called scientists in charge of the star ship project did to you."


    And, by implication, what I did was evil. Is that what you mean, Girl who talks to an Angel? Or pretends to do so.


    stopping them."


    She''s mad. That bunch of teenagers, even if they do have an old man with them, going up against the people running Mars? Anybody doing that will just get swatted away like an annoying insect - not that we have annoying insects on Mars, of course.


    You mean, you''ll just get killed. Wait, isn''t that exactly what I want?


    Say, that means I get what I want, and that Angel of Death, if there actually is one, can''t blame me!


    Sheesh, this is almost embarrassing. They''re going to get themselves all killed with a completely stupid plan like that? But...


    I now getting out of here, I can do my exercise somewhere else.


    Isn''t that lady with the disfigured face the one that was throwing pink fireballs at me... Shit, it is. And her two friends.


    Oh my God, I have to meet up with them again...


    <hr>


    Devina: another meeting


    monster being with them?" said Devina.


    Just more smooth words, Mr Teflon Rat... Wait, Ain''t I supposed to be more supportive of him?


    Sigh. I suppose what he said is true enough... If it''s to protect Juniper, well...


    Sarawatch: Are we actually going to be doing this?


    Oh my, Sarsaparilla looks absolutely shocked at the theft of her piece. Must come from living in that perpetually scrimping environment of a poor orphanage.


    It''s a long time since I felt like this... Say, what''s with that annoying beeping sound?


    computer system." said Adalace.


    So, we are really going to do this, are we?


    Am I the only one who thinks this is all totally crazy?


    But, nonetheless, I''m going to be following along.


    Does that make me crazy?


    ...


    Yes.


    For Mirabella’s sake.


    But I''m never telling anyone.


    Adalace: Riding the trains.


    Deep Underground


    could really know what she''s talking about."