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Hal just sighed.

"Agent King REALLY should be updated." he said.

"At least this isn't just me." he went on.

"And you'll be fine." Vincent assured him.

"This is just something that happens. It's... effectively, a natural phenomenon." he continued.

"That DOES reassure me." Hal told him.

"Good." Vincent said.

"But I WOULD like to stay here until I get word that it's safe again to enter my house." he then said to Hollie.

"If that's all right, of course." he added.

Vincent just sighed.

"They both look around 11." he told her.

"Both?" Hal asked.

"Yes, both." Vincent replied. "Rowena AND Racquel." he confirmed.

"And no, I don't know what could have been happening for it to happen to Racquel." he admitted.

"Quite frankly, I had more pressing matters than that." he said.

"Will Rowena be all right?" Hal asked.

"Racquel is helping her calm her mana, and they will be equipping her with restrictors." Vincent responded.

Vincent just sighed.

"High levels of emotion, combined with a natural spike in mana that occurs every so often. As in, every few generations or so." he said.

"How do you know this?" Hal asked.

"Ashleigh Encrae recalled it, and told me." Vincent answered.

"...well, fair enough then." Hal admitted. "But... high emotions, huh?" he then asked.

"Yes." Vincent said.

"Anger, stress.... passion..." he listed off, stressing the last one and eyeing him.

"I am NOT a child, I merely LOOK like one." Hal insisted.

"......" Vincent was silent upon seeing Hal, before roared with laughter.

"Oh, this is amazing!" he exclaimed.

"Watch it, Remmington." Hal snarled at Vincent.

"Oh, relax." Vincent responded, as Hal approached the two of them.

"This is only temporary, and it's not serious at all." he assured him.

Vincent entered the manor, and paused for a moment.

"....fine!" Hal's voice called back.

"Wait..." Vincent mumbled.

"Hold on." he said to Hollie.

"Don't tell me..." he went on, trailing off at the end of the thought.

"Is Hal...?" he started to ask, but didn't finish, knowing she would know where he was going with the inquiry.

Vincent just sighed.

"It's... kind of a long story." he said.

"But I seem to have the time, if you do." he went on.

"The really shortened version is that Rowena's mana and rune are out of control, and I am to vacate the grounds until Racquel can calm her down." he told her.

"The longer version is... well, even more unbelievable." he then sighed.

"Did I catch you at a bad time?" he asked.

"....." Vincent was silent for a moment, before nodding.

"Right." he said.

With that, he disappeared, leaving the box. Simple as that.

He appeared elsewhere in the world... specifically, near his sister's house, and sighed.

"Hm." he mumbled.

"I wonder..." he muttered, making his way to her front door and knocking on it.

Vincent wasted no time after he heard that.

Or, rather, he waited until his soul was (mostly) back into place, and then burst through the door.

What he saw was... unreal.

The rune was spread out everywhere, and it was potent. Scarily so. He almost retreated from it, before shaking his head, and looking at the two girls in the centre of it all... one trying to comfort the other.

He got as close as he could, before opening the metal box.

"Racquel." he addressed the one that was in control.

"We need to get one of these restrictors on Rowena." he told her, setting the box down.

"....." Vincent was silent as he saw the path being made, but sighed.

"Right." he said.

"No time to hesitate." he muttered.

He then raced forward, making his way to a closed door, stopping at it.

"......" he was silent again, before knocking on it loudly.

"I'M COMING IN!" he called through it.

"I HAVE RESTRICTORS TO HELP!"

Vincent's eyes widened when he felt that.

"Oh...." he said.

"Oh, no..." he mumbled in a hushed tone.

He then looked around, before disappearing somewhere in the house, grabbing a metal box, and then disappearing once more.

He reappeared somewhere else in the house, knowing where the mana was strongest, but trying not to get too close.

He was nowhere near immune to the rune, and didn't want to get caught up on one that was so out of control.

"ROWENA!" he yelled out.

"WHERE ARE YOU!? I CAN HELP!"

Ash just sighed as Kelly flew off.

"...what a situation this is." he mumbled.

Meanwhile, Vincent sighed as he hung up the phone.

"Right." he said.

"Rowena!? Racquel!?" he called out.

"Where are you!?" he asked.

"We need to speak!"

"This is true." Vincent said.

"Regardless, I'm sure you have plenty to talk about with her." he told her.

"Or... well, clothing to find that will fit her." he then mumbled.

"But thank you for the information." he continued.

"I'll be sure to let them know." he went on.

"...both of them."

Vincent, on the other end of the phone, just sighed.

"I see." he said.

"Well, at least it's... relatively benign." he commented.

"Definitely inconvenient." he went on, before pausing.

"And Kelly, you say?" he asked.

"She's... certainly growing fast." he sighed.

"To think she's already at that age..."

Ash just huffed, before jumping down from where he was.

"Whatever." he said.

"Kelly, we're headed home." he told his daughter.

"And you're one to talk about 'little boy'. You're an even smaller girl." he then commented.

"Anyway, take my hand." he said.

"I'll teleport us home." he continued.

"...it'll take a couple minutes, but I can do it."