"A further report from Urzo-2 on the freelancer, Ranma Satomi," Commander Kalinin said. "She's ruling it as most likely a red herring."
"So it's not the same person?" Captain Testarossa asked as she looked over the short transcript.
"No, she's confirmed it is the same woman," the bearded man said. "But feels the woman is honestly just establishing a home for herself and her children. There is an offer to give warnings if she notices anything out of the ordinary."
"Commander, can you play the audio from these lines here," Tessa asked.
"Of course, Captain," the Commander said, nodding as he brought up the audio file.
"Now I've got blue-haired tomboys giving me headaches...didn't they tell you why they're having you guard her?"
The pauses were the most interesting to Testarossa.
"Headaches," Kalinin repeated. "Could she be talking about Resonance?"
"I doubt it," Tessa said. "She's a lot older than all the Whispered we've identified. Besides, Resonance doesn't feel like a headache."
The girl walked to the file and opened it up. They had spotty information on the woman, which provided for an understandable paranoia.
"Mystic consultant," she read aloud. "She could have another type of ESP, something that the Whispered interferes with."
"Urzo-2 seems assured that there is no danger from her," Kalinin said. "And has said that she plans to keep an eye on the woman."
Tessa was quiet for a long minute before giving her answer.
"Note the possible presence of ESP or other talent in her file and pass it on, then," Tessa said after a minute's thought. "We'll trust the agents on the ground."
"Yes, ma'am," the Commander said, nodding. "Is there something wrong ma'am, you seem quite hesitant somehow."
"There's something we're missing," the Captain said. "And I'm afraid we won't see it until too late. How is the other end of the investigation going?"
"Intelligence reports that the search is narrowing," he said. "They should have a target for us soon. If we're lucky, this situation may be resolved before the Okinawa trip the objective is supposed to be taking coming up."
"Let's hope for that," Tessa said.
****
Elsewhere, a small party of warriors geared up and prepared for a journey.
"North, to Korea," the leader, a pink-haired youth said. "We'll find brides worthy of our Dynasty."
"Ehh, is that what we're going for?" the second, a large man with dark hair said.
"Didn't your father...outlaw kidnapping outsider girls," the third asked. He was a slender fellow with reddish hair.
"My father's curse makes him soft," the leader said. "But I am a true Musk and I will see new, strong blood brought back to our people. All will come true as the dream told me."
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