Vide immediately stiffened, whirling to face the man. Had he heard them?
"B-Batter!"
Celesteās eyes widened in surprise and then, after a spin on her heel,Ā theyĀ narrowed at the purifier before them. āI seeā¦ā Getting into a more defensive stance, the shorter puppeteer stood between Vide and the Batter, holding an arm out to block her friend, and gently forced them bothĀ backwards, awayĀ from the man in order to put some distance between them.
"How much did you hear?"Ā
Batter was still for a small while as the smaller puppeteer wedged between them, turning his head up slightly to show a single eye staring at her. " Enough." he stated simply, " You say you wish to fix me? As if you were to imply I were broken and impure. What place does a puppeteer have to make such accusations?".










