Makoto's grip had tightened, her eyes narrowing slightly as her muscled tensed in preparation to charge the bandit that had eluded her kingdom for so long. The rear of her heel had just come up from the road to burst ahead when a voice called out, reaching her ears just in time to bring her out of 'the moment' and look for the source. Two women, running up the road... and something about that voice, Makoto felt it familiar but the realization was so faint, so behind in her mind, she failed to place it. And yet, beneath her armor, she felt the spark in the crystal that hung around her neck. The same sensation as when she had come across the bandit. Did that mean these 2 newcomers were enemies as well?<br/><br/><strong>"Stand back! This is the notorious bandit Rei Ignacia. She's stolen a near limitless fortune for the Kingdom of Solarius, and now the city behind me has fallen victim to a peerless thief who can not be caught. Just like her, who none in the Solarius kingdom could catch or stop. The coincidence is too great, she must be apprehended!"</strong>she calls out, still grasping the giant hammer-maul bearing the Solarius kingdom's heraldry, the occasional spark and trail of electricity snapping across it's surface.<br/><br/><strong>"The people of the Solarius Kingdom have suffered too much, they have already lost too much! I can't fail them, I can't let you bring them any more suffering, bandit!"</strong>she calls, her voice still full of power and conviction.