"Beats me. I don't hang out in the outskirts," he responded with a shrug. He raised his arms behind his head, resting against them and staring up into the sky as they walked. "Rookies are same old, same old. They have potential, but they've got a long way to go before they're ready to take on a real challenge. I'm really not sure if we'll have the time to get 'em ready before everything goes down, but all we can do is try." Ayl's mind wandered to the trip Hatsu, Hiei and Anaka were planning on taking tomorrow, and he crossed his arms as he made a decision.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Sorry, Hatsu, I think I'm gonna have to leave you on your own tomorrow. Gotta prioritize the many against the one this time, these kids are talented. Hopefully you and those other two do okay,</span>he thought to himself. He couldn't help but wonder what this Vaan character was like, but hopefully he would never have the chance to meet him. If it was true that he had been broken apart from his demon and survived, he couldn't be anything but dangerous. "So, you're travelling to the outskirts to go wire searching? We're pretty close to mid-town now, it's gonna be a relatively long trip. I gotta get back to my rookies before too long, doubt I'll be able to babysit you the whole way," he smirked, looking over at Sam through the corner of his eye.<br/><br/>{{Waiting to post Merle's half until after Rawrnage goes.}}