"No need to apologize," Kuroda replied, not all that offended even if she didn't really feel bad. Opponents were opponents, after all, and he didn't expect her to be fully polite to him, even if she was capable of such a thing. "Good luck yourself," he said just before she put her earbuds back in and disappeared. Deciding hanging around the empty observation deck wouldn't get anything else done, he then pushed off the railing and started heading down one of the hallways himself, hoping to end up at the simulator so he could get some last-minute practice in. That or the local cafe so he could get a sandwich. Either one worked for him.<br/><br/>Behind him, a woman (http://media.otakuzone.com/store/user/194606/T1305156929966f880c409c3009189e5a3d3d99ef78b1.jpg) in dark clothes, who had gone unseen in the shadowy corner of the observation deck until now, stepped out and watched as he himself departed down the hall. In the next instant, she was gone as well.