"Some Japanese are looking at us," he announces. "Which is odd, because they are in Canada. One of them is a Finder, I believe; he is fanning the air with his hands, and there are kanji on both palms."
"Which kanji?" Jake says.
"These," says Nick, sketching them with a pencil with his eyes fixed on the horizon outside.
"That's Finder, all right," Jake says. "The guy must be good. Do these others look like Iron Guard or Shadow Guard?"
"I don't know," says Nick. "They're wearing fancy gold and steel armor, soaked with spells."
"Crap," says Jake. "How many suits of armor?"
"Six."
"Are they heading this way?"
"Travelling," Nick affirms. "About a hundred miles a jump. Now the Finder's looking around, locking in ... and Travelling again. We've got about ten minutes."
Richter says, "Christine, give me Torch."
Jake Sullivan lurches out of the room, down the kitchen stairs to the basement. For a big man, he moves fast, but it's not like running -- it's short, heavy, steps, chopping one after the other, leaning forward as though he's about to fall down. It's how you run on a steep downhill slope.
Kaze: "These are Mikami -- spirit in a machine, to translate. In 1900, my father was gifted with a suit of armor, as you saw, overlain by many spells. It is a way to get around the madness induced by commanding the spirits directly. He wore it only once of which we are aware--when he announced the Emperor's decision to go to war with the Roske."
"A story is told that one of these Mikami found its wearer to be unworthy and marched itself into the sea to drown his unwanted partner."
"As you saw, there are several Mikami at the very least. But it is rumored that another was added to the armory every year...."
"A story is told that one of these Mikami found its wearer to be unworthy and marched itself into the sea to drown his unwanted partner."
"As you saw, there are several Mikami at the very least. But it is rumored that another was added to the armory every year...."
Kaze: "These are Mikami -- spirit in a machine, to translate. In 1900, my father was gifted with a suit of armor, as you saw, overlain by many spells. It is a way to get around the madness induced by commanding the spirits directly. He wore it only once of which we are aware--when he announced the Emperor's decision to go to war with the Roske."
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"As you saw, there are several Mikami at the very least. But it is rumored that another was added to the armory every year...."