[ It's understandably distracting, although Mitsuru does her best not to watch. The final shriek of the creature as Artemisia slices it in half are enough to assure her that it's over and done with.

It would be stranger if she hadn't found herself in a similar situation--people could recall her previous incarnation, though she had no memory of it. She's glad, at least, that she could head this off with Shinjiro before he got too wrapped up in someone else's memories. ]

...No. This is another reality entirely.

[ She sighs. ]

This may sound strange, but you've been here before. You disappeared and I was looking for you not too long ago.