"Short attention span," Yurika drawled, taking another nice long sip of tequila. "Or at least, that's what you're all supposed to think. Whoops, givin' away secrets again. My bad."

"No, it wasn't just words. Sometimes, you do what needs to be done." Yurika set the bottle aside so she could play with the roll of tape. "Basically, Zaizen claims he's created something that can remove a Witch's powers, that it allows a humane Hunt, but he won't let Headquarters have any, or see his research. We don't even know if it's safe for the Hunters to use," she sighed, "and I'm the test-dummy who gets to go find out."

"Even worse, the people he captures with the Orbo vanish into his factory, and aren't seen again. There's even been reports of Seeds and Craft-users going missing, too. It stinks. Badly."