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The thing's 'eyes' widen as it catches sight of the bottle, but it seems as though it's committed to the attack, and can't stop it's charge.  He dashes low as it fires high, purple energy searing the air above his head as he twists around it and swings the hoe with all his strength!  <br/>
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Before, it would have been a solid hit, but now, against a manikin unable to defend itself in the aftermath of it's attack, it is a telling one.  The hoe smashes crystal, shearing one of the manikin's arms off in a spray of glittering shards and reducing most of it's shoulder to jagged edges.  Amazingly, the thing seems undeterred, and for a moment, Ein sees hate in those lifeless eyes as energy charges in the thing's remaining hand but then it staggers, tumbles, and falls to the ground at last, shattering as Rikku bears it down.  He hadn't even seen her start her run up...<br/>
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Then Tifa arrives on his other side, "Ein!  How did you-...  Are you alright?!"  To say she seems concerned would be an understatement...</div>
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Thrice can feel his chassis resonate with the power as the manikin draws closer and become more accurate, but while the shots leave deep dents and mangled components where they strike, he can sustain the damage.  It is a brutal war of attrition, his rifle chipping away at the manikin with a veritable storm of fire as it charges him, but it is a war the manikin cannot win, and after long seconds of nothing but the rage and fury and pain of shot after shot, it falls and shatters on the ground, while Thrice remains standing, sparking in places where the shots tore even his metal skin, but alive.<br/>
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There is a glow among the remains of the manikin, and as Thrice looks up, he can see Lightning finishing the last two stragglers descending the mountainside as they draw close.  She sags as the last one falls, breathing heavily, wincing as she inadvertently leans too hard on her injured leg before making her slow way over to him.  "Are you alright..?"  she asks after a moment, taking in the heavy dents and tears in Thrice' chassis.</div>
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Both of them looked intrigued at that more than anything else.  "A right answer, but not a full one..."  The mage speaks first.  "Do you speak truly?  You know of nothing other than those?"  The Viera looks more skeptical, but after a moment her face softens slightly.  "Hmph, this world was made by Cosmos and Chaos, goddess and god respectively, and they fight over it, choosing champions to represent them.  Until one or the other is victor, the world cannot meet it's destiny, and neither will allow the other to be sole ruler..."  <br/>
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"Cosmos is order, and light.  Chaos is darkness, and would turn this world to a wasteland."  The mage glares at the archer as she says that, and the archer glares back, raising her bow threateningly again.  "Chaos will bring a world where change can occur!  Cosmos will do nothing but create a neat and ordered land of eternal apathy!"  <br/>
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