[ She hesitates just a beat on that "us." She heard it, and she understands it--he's not wrong, in some ways. Even though he'd agreed to help Chaldea, it had been under duress; he's only a tenuous, uneasy ally at best.

But that's never stopped her, either. It's mostly just... sad, she thinks, that he's so prickly about it. Just because she understands why he might feel that way doesn't make it feel any better. And it can't be that great for him, either, right? ]

We'll see. Don't worry, we know better than to think that if we manage to take out the last boss early, the other midbosses aren't dangerous.

[ Like Kirschtaria--like all the Crypters have been, until she'd gone to their Lostbelts--she doesn't know much about Beryl. He's just a staff photo and a brief blurb from Da Vinci... though, thinking about it, she knows even less about him than the others, but there'd been something very telling in that lack of knowledge, too. The less said, the better. Move on. He's clearly not a safe guy. ]

But if my team thinks it's better to focus on the Grecian Lostbelt first, I'll trust their judgment.