[The sooner one accepts the fantastical as real, the better, especially in a place like this. Rei's actually somewhat surprised that Chihiro isn't protesting more about the existence of magic, but then they can talk about that once they've gotten to her hideout.]

That's generally how it goes, yes. I try to avoid relying too much on CERES technology except for the simplest of things. When those go haywire, it's safer to just stop using it all together, and if you're not dependent on it then that makes it easier to do without.

[She stops a few feet away from a rather large hillock that rises up at the center of a group of trees, and then darts up it, and down into a grassy divot at the top. The hill was largely hollow, and at the center was Rei's little hideout. A large waterproof trunk rested between the halves of a split boulder, and she goes right for it after leaning backwards to Chihiro's feet can touch the ground and she can get down.]

Here we are though. I've got a couple of these chests stashed throughout the city, and this is exactly what I was hoping for. Give me a minute and I'll have a shelter set up, okay?