It is. I thought I had a handle on slave-type magic, thanks to my dolls, but it's entirely different. It comes from a different place.

May I say your Persona suits you perfectly? It's a reflection that makes sense. Mine...not so much. It's pretty, but I don't quite get it.

There's no need to thank me. We're the only two here from Gensokyo - no. The only two intelligent ones from home. We have to stick together.

[Alice smiles. They really do make a good team, she thinks. And she might be a bit aloof, but she was learning to open up, little by little.]

Okay. Let's go a little further in, when you're ready. I think I see another group of Shadows down that alley.