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[one_one_se7en]

[From this voice, some other strange sounds can be heard, almost muted. Like a storm heard only from kilometers afar.]

So...

Can anyone hear me? I'm a little curious if it is a latent symptom of schizophrenia, but I get the feeling the Chief hasn't lost his marbles just yet.

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[braidstobows]

[Like, and yet very different.]

I believe there is someone I will ask some questions about that.

[She's going to find out what Kyuubey might know about this aspect of the dreams. With the way things are now, in her world... he may actually give a straight answer. And she could use one.]

[one_one_se7en]

I'm not exactly sure how it happened in the Master Chief's mind, either. My closest guess, comparing biological data, is that his body most likely received a mutation of sorts with the extensive contact with the radiation he cynically calls "magic".

Given how a lot of people use it, I think it could be an accurate one.

[braidstobows]

[Homura knows very well that magic exists. While that doesn't alleviate her doubts, it is an explanation she accepts as factual. This new theory is... not impossible, either.]

Perhaps that is so. However, such things do not come without a price in return.

[one_one_se7en]

I think that applies with a lot of things as well, and the Buddhist concept of karma holds the abuse of power as part of the eternal cycle of pleasure and suffering.

[Not that she, as an AI, didn't love the ideal of true enlightenment. Sadly, John wasn't as big on zen koans as she is.]

His price was five years outside of his world. I agree that it is a big price for a power like that.

[braidstobows]

[Sounds like he got off easy, to the girl who lost herself inside time for so long. But that's good, really; certainly preferable.]

Has he returned now?

[one_one_se7en]

To his world, yeah, but...

[From the back of Cortana's own voice, Homura would probably be able to hear an explosion.]

Nnnot as peacefully as you would imagine.

[braidstobows]

Peace is a goal obtained for some at the expense of others. That is simply the way matters stand. Those unprepared for it should not be involved in the fight.