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[Today, Hakuno Kishinami looks tired. Not defeated, or depressed, or anything like that... just emotionally exhausted. The loss of Caster hurt her a lot more than she thought it would, and she had allowed herself a couple of days to mourn losing yet another person she's grown to like... but she can't keep doing this. She recovered after losing her dear Saber, so she can soldier on through this.

The loss of her other Servant did cause something good, though: Hakuno's finally getting off her butt and taking an active role in her own protection.]

I have a question... well. A question and a request, rather.

Is anyone good with swords? Not... fighting, really. [Though she probably still could use some help there...] I mean making them. Fixing them.

[She reaches off-screen for something and holds it - them - up: pieces of a sword. Broken, obvious, but still rather wickedly sharp-looking.]

A while ago, this showed up in my trunk. It was... a special sword I had received back home. I was wondering if someone could help me fix it, and strengthen it. It was only meant to be used once, but I'd really like to change that so I have something to protect myself with.

... I, uh... I don't really have anything I can offer for your services... but I'd still be willing to help out somehow to repay whoever can assist me.

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I am no specialist in weaponry but I have fixed the swords of a few residents in the past, I have no doubt it would be quite easy for me to put back together the broken pieces!

Strengthening it may prove more difficult, but I believe with the right tools and mixtures such a project should be doable within reasonable delays.

Mixtures? Just what would you need? Since I can't repay whoever it is that helps me, the least I can do is hunt down whatever you need for you.

Yes yes, more accurately a substance I developed over a year year ago to fix Sephiroth's sword and prevent it from breaking again! And as far as I know his sword still holds together as of today!

I have everything needed in the workshop to put back the sword together and start working on solidifying it. For the strengthening mixture however, I will need some chemicals found only in the laboratory on the twenty-seventh floor. It is quite a dangerous place, so I'll ask my assistant if you cannot go there yourself!

That's the lab floor, right? I don't think I've been there more than once...

[Aside from, perhaps, when she had been wandering about the tower during that horrible brainwashing experiment, but she would really like to avoid thinking about that.]

But I think I'll be okay. Just tell me where exactly the items you need are, and I'll be very careful when retrieving them.

Very well then! Just bring the chemicals and the sword fragments to the workshop when you'll have the time, and I'll start working on it.

[ Doc sends her a list with a couple chemical elements-- With their symbols and atomic numbers as well as their more common names. Two of them are written in red however. ]

A bottle of each will be more than enough but please be careful! These two elements are particularly unstable, if you were to accidentally drop them the results would be absolutely disastrous!

[There's a moment as Hakuno turns away from the screen, rummaging around until she finds a pen and paper, and immediately jots down the list. Not that she doesn't trust her own memorization skills, but... just gotta be sure.]

Will they only be harmful if I drop them? Not that I'm planning on throwing the bottles around or anything... but I'll have to plan on making sure I go gather all this stuff during a time when monsters aren't more common wandering the halls.

[ Doc thought for a second and then nodded. ]

Yes yes! Well of course if you start shaking them wildly I don't answer of what will happen, but as long as you are a little bit careful with them you should be fine.

... Geez, who would do a crazy thing like that? Dangerous or not, it just seems like a bad idea to go shaking strange chemicals around...

But thanks. I'll be sure to keep that in mind, definitely.

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