How can she resist a cute dog? She picked up Tetsuya and brought him into her lap, gently stroking him under the chin and scratching him behind the ears. She looked up and then scooted over to let Kuroko sit down next to her.

"I'm worried, is all. All this new information... I know some already want to take out the managers but... this new species..." and she was so weak...

No.

Those thoughts wouldn't help Rei.

She had to believe in herself.

"I wonder if we can use this... astral alignment thing ourselves." If she could find some way to use it to save everyone, even if it meant her death, she'd do it.