Robin, no longer working as a Hunter, is living in a different part of town. She is working as a courier, delivering packages and letters on a bicycle. She makes deliveries for the Nagira Law Office, and no longer wears her long Victorian dress, and her bike helmet hides her characteristic hairstyle. On one delivery, she sees a little girl and smiles at her. On the way out, she sees a dude try to pick the lock on her bike, and glares at him until he runs away.
Later, while Robin is on the streets, she notices Doujima, and tries to blend in so she’s not noticed… but then she sees that Doujima is being followed by some creeps. She decides to follow at a distance to see if she needs help. Sure enough, they try to mug Doujima when she gets to her car, and one of them is a witch who attacks her and sends her tumbling to the ground. Robin sets him on fire, and the other two guys run away. She urges Doujima to call into the STN-J as soon as possible.
Robin wants to leave right then, but Doujima pleads, and the two of them end up in a cafe to catch up on what's been going on since the attack. Everyone at the STN-J is more or less fine; the bullets that were shot were plastic, so aside from Sakaki who broke his leg, everyone is up and running again. They don’t know where Amon is, and Zaizen--their boss--hasn’t shown up since the attack. But they are all definitely running themselves ragged. Doujima doesn’t have any confidence in hunting, and Karasuma is trying to fill in for both Amon and Sakaki. Robin tells Doujima not to tell anyone at the STN-J that she’s alive or that Amon was the one who saved her. Doujima agrees, and asks Robin to help her if she has to hunt a witch again, but Robin says she can’t, for Doujima’s own safety. Before she leaves, Doujima tells her that during the attack an orbo gun and some data were stolen, but that was all. That strikes Robin as odd.
They part ways, and Robin returns to the law office, and gets gently scolded by the receptionist for being late. She heads upstairs, where there’s a loft and a bedroom that she now lives in. She collapses on the floor, having flashbacks to the attack and to the last time she saw Amon. “I’ll wait for you,” she says, “but I don’t want to just wait and do nothing.”
That night, she has dinner with Nagira, the owner of the law office. He's a kind of sleazy-looking older guy, but he's a lot sharper than he lets on. He reminds her that she needs to be careful, even hiding in the city like this. He took her in because of Amon, but it would be bad for both of them if she gets caught. He then shows her a picture of a building, zoomed in on a room where Touko is sitting, awake. Next to her is Zaizen. Nagira asks Robin if she knows who the man is, which Robin confirms. Nagira informs her that Zaizen is Touko’s father, and that Touko has made a physical recovery but appears to be in shock from the attack. Robin is flummoxed. How come Touko never told her? Can she trust no one?
Maybe the only person she can trust is Amon, Nagira suggests cheekily. Robin asks Nagira why he’s looking into the STN-J--is it because of her and Amon, or something else? Nagira says simply that he doesn’t like it when people try to slap labels onto people like “witch” and “seed”.
9. Heal the pain
Robin, no longer working as a Hunter, is living in a different part of town. She is working as a courier, delivering packages and letters on a bicycle. She makes deliveries for the Nagira Law Office, and no longer wears her long Victorian dress, and her bike helmet hides her characteristic hairstyle. On one delivery, she sees a little girl and smiles at her. On the way out, she sees a dude try to pick the lock on her bike, and glares at him until he runs away.
Later, while Robin is on the streets, she notices Doujima, and tries to blend in so she’s not noticed… but then she sees that Doujima is being followed by some creeps. She decides to follow at a distance to see if she needs help. Sure enough, they try to mug Doujima when she gets to her car, and one of them is a witch who attacks her and sends her tumbling to the ground. Robin sets him on fire, and the other two guys run away. She urges Doujima to call into the STN-J as soon as possible.
Robin wants to leave right then, but Doujima pleads, and the two of them end up in a cafe to catch up on what's been going on since the attack. Everyone at the STN-J is more or less fine; the bullets that were shot were plastic, so aside from Sakaki who broke his leg, everyone is up and running again. They don’t know where Amon is, and Zaizen--their boss--hasn’t shown up since the attack. But they are all definitely running themselves ragged. Doujima doesn’t have any confidence in hunting, and Karasuma is trying to fill in for both Amon and Sakaki. Robin tells Doujima not to tell anyone at the STN-J that she’s alive or that Amon was the one who saved her. Doujima agrees, and asks Robin to help her if she has to hunt a witch again, but Robin says she can’t, for Doujima’s own safety. Before she leaves, Doujima tells her that during the attack an orbo gun and some data were stolen, but that was all. That strikes Robin as odd.
They part ways, and Robin returns to the law office, and gets gently scolded by the receptionist for being late. She heads upstairs, where there’s a loft and a bedroom that she now lives in. She collapses on the floor, having flashbacks to the attack and to the last time she saw Amon. “I’ll wait for you,” she says, “but I don’t want to just wait and do nothing.”
That night, she has dinner with Nagira, the owner of the law office. He's a kind of sleazy-looking older guy, but he's a lot sharper than he lets on. He reminds her that she needs to be careful, even hiding in the city like this. He took her in because of Amon, but it would be bad for both of them if she gets caught. He then shows her a picture of a building, zoomed in on a room where Touko is sitting, awake. Next to her is Zaizen. Nagira asks Robin if she knows who the man is, which Robin confirms. Nagira informs her that Zaizen is Touko’s father, and that Touko has made a physical recovery but appears to be in shock from the attack. Robin is flummoxed. How come Touko never told her? Can she trust no one?
Maybe the only person she can trust is Amon, Nagira suggests cheekily. Robin asks Nagira why he’s looking into the STN-J--is it because of her and Amon, or something else? Nagira says simply that he doesn’t like it when people try to slap labels onto people like “witch” and “seed”.