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While they hadn't seen him at first, when he came running both of them caught sight and turned to look.  The Darker haired girl watches him warily, but the lighter one grins at him.  "Oh hey!  I wouldn't say we're familiar but..."  She trails off, faint puzzlement upon her face.  "We really don't know much about this place huh..."  <br/>
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The dark-haired girl is still frowning, but slowly she nods, seemingly more to herself than anything else though.  "We aren't exactly familiar no, but we have...  An idea?"  She shrugs.  "I'm Tifa, and this is Rikku."  The blonde girl in question waves as Tifa introduces her.  "Cosmos asked us, so we're going to investigate the manikins.  Would you like to come along-..."  She trails off.  "I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name."</div>
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The journey across the sea of sand was plagued by increasing numbers of those ghostly figures, but as before they never drew close enough to be seen.  "What, scared of the Manikins?"  Kefka taunted Zwei the few times she moved as though to try and pursue the creatures.  "They're harmless to us, but if you'd gone with that brat of Cosmos'..."  He capered along, giggling to himself, though Zwei often had the uncomfortable sensation the giggling was directed at her as well on occasion.  Particularly on those occasions she stumbled or nearly fell into sinkholes and sudden openings in the treacherous sand...<br/>
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"Yes, Chaos is quite the master, doesn't keep us on much of a leash at all as long as we go out and kill Cosmos' heroes.  Powerful too, more powerful than me!"  He cackles, but his praises of chaos feel hollow besides those directed at his power.  Zwei gets a sure impression that while Kefka respects power, he doesn't respect much else.  "He's worth serving though, he'll let us inherit worlds when we win!  All the spoils that could be wished for!"  <br/>
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It is as they leave the sandsea behind and begin to climb into a mountain pass that Kefka starts sniffing at the air.  Then he grins back at Zwei.  "I smell hypocrisy about...!"  He declares gleefully.  "And that can only be one person, which side is she on this time I wonder?"  A figure is ahead Zwei realizes, sillhouetted against the red-lit sky at the top of the pass.  Not much can be made out from Zwei's angle unfortunately, but she can see a sheathed sword and a broad-brimmed pointed hat atop the stranger's head.  "Well girl?"  Kefka barks to Zwei.  "Go see what she wants eh?"  He cackles, and the sound grates on Zwei's ears.  How she's lasted this long in his constant company is a very good question indeed at this point...</div>
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