[ La Pucelle huffs. ] Even were they to hang from the clouds, we would have them.....

[ Yet - it is a poor commander who does not take circumstances, or their true goal, into account. She's upset enough that she'd like nothing more than to burn down this whole Disturbance, but that's not the point. The point is to retrieve Ai from the center. And stopping to eliminate all of these might slow them down.

Very well. ]

Let us go as far as we can without being assailed. We can take turns eliminating pursuers, so that if one of us is held up, the other may continue on.

[ That's...the right call, isn't it, Madame Angel? Ugh, is this what unsurety feels like? It's horrid. ]