< Gold and shiny? > Cassie repeated herself, trying to process the new information. What around here might Tobias and Ax be seeing? Admittedly, she wasn't that familiar with this area, but she didn't remember many things on the ship being gold and shiny. Tobias was probably right that it was nothing, but given that they had essentially no clues, it couldn't hurt to check it out. Besides, what if it was someone else who needed help? They couldn't just ignore the possibility. < Could you get closer? It wouldn't hurt to identify what you're seeing anyway, even if it isn't Sakura's body. It could be another person's body or someone else in need of help and there's no reason not to offer a hand if we can. Marco and I can keep looking for clues around here. >

< Did you find anything? > she asked anxiously as she watched Marco come back out of the bathroom, trying to pick up the scent that she'd been unable to follow.

Cassie was silent for a moment as she considered Marco's response. < I... I can't believe that anyone would do something like this so carelessly. > In this case "can't" and "don't want to" where synonymous. < This... seems so cruel. There must be a reason for it. We just need to find out what it is and then maybe we can figure out how to put things right again. > She hoped at least. Cassie couldn't bring herself to put her fears into words as though if she kept quiet about them then they wouldn't come to pass.