Whatever answer Dave had been expecting, it plainly wasn't that. For full on ten seconds his expression alternated between shock and relief.<br/><br/>"I've never seen it do that," he said finally. "I've never seen anybody's do that."<br/><br/>He peered at Aoi's seal. It was indeed identical to his, right down to the test symbols: the eye in an open hand, the stack of seven circles, the crossed daggers, everything.<br/><br/>"To me? It's my badge."