[Phone call for Terra/Action in Luca]

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[Marlene and the Onion Knight are playing on the street near the flower shop. A small collection of pony toys with cute accessories are involved, and the knight's busying himself with drawing castles from them to live in on the ground with chalk.

A little way away, there's a group of older children in their mid-late teens. They're pointing occasionally, making just-a-little-too-loud comments about burning witches. They're the reason the two of them abandonned thier usual playing spot to be closer to the flower shop but it seems they followed. For now, they're just talking loudly and so the knight's ignoring them, trying not to make it worse for Marlene than it already is. He points at one of the chalk castle's rooms, trying to distract her from their comments.]

So what do we put in Sunshine Heart's room?

[Later, there's a phone call for Terra. Pick up, Terra!]

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[His voice might sound just a little different than normal. Until he swallows his pride for long enough to go to Yuna for white magic, he's talking with a bloody nose and a split lip. He might have got into a fist fight.]

...people are saying horrible things to Marlene. And I don't know how to make them stop.

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[She sighs.]

I don't know if you can. Some people are always afraid of those with power...and judge them for it, unfairly or not. You have to learn to pick your battles, though. Fighting anyone who's nasty to her isn't going to make them change their minds.

...do you think it would help for her to get away for a little while? You're both welcome here, you know.

[Even if it means Relm will have another partner in crime.]

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But-

...yeah. You're right. I want to be able to protect her, but-

-I'll let her know you offered. We'd have to ask Miss Tifa, though.

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Of course. She's welcome, too. I'd be glad to see her.

...just focus on Marlene, alright? If people are being cruel, just get her away from them. That's what she needs most.

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Yeah. I'll make sure she's okay. No matter what.

...there's something else.

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What is it?

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I... I figured out who I am.

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What do you mean? Who are you?

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...maybe I should say what. I talked to the girl who said she fought the cloud.

She said that she and her friends were given a crystal shard- once that looked exactly like mine. They were carrying it around with them for everything that I remember and-

-she said there was something inside it. Called the Onion Knight.

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The Onion Knight...? But....

[She forces herself to pause, giving the kid a chance to explain further.]