After their trip to the arcade, Eva retired back to her pad to chill out and to do a little research. Except every time she tried to get into something, Miko’s words came bounding into her head. She wondered why Miko said she was beautiful. Was it a joke? Was she trying to give her confidence or something? Eva had never believed herself to be attractive, and so couldn’t really believe anyone when they told her she was “pretty” or “cute” or “beautiful”. But to hear Miko say it so resolutely shook her a little. I’m not beautiful at all! What the hell?! In this universe, mirrors were a thing of the past. It was simply because their DI’s could mirror their faces for them. So Eva had her DI recreate her face perfectl

In one of the rougher areas somewhere on Helios, a group of men sat around a table as they chatted and played a game.  In their hands were a half dozen cards. There were complex symbols on each of them, and all were unique. There were more cards in the middle of the table, and they were arranged in a grid. However, they were laid out similar to dominoes, where they chained into each other and made an interesting, sprawling pattern going in every direction. Hovering above the cards was a transparent hologram that displayed the current size of the pot.  It was high. It got even higher when one of the card players increased his bet a great amount. “Pallas,” he said.

Unable to stream through their DI’s, Eva and Miko instead opted to go the traditional route. Or at least, the route most others used to film their streams - by using cameras. They had acquired three EyeCast drones, which essentially followed the two of them around and recorded everything they did. Well, not all the time - only when they wanted them to. The drones were palm-sized lenses that were ringed with electronics and dotted with small hover jets. They instantly transmitted their footage through the pair’s DIs, and immediately recorded on storage devices that they both wore. Not only did the footage go through their DIs, they could even directly control them with it. They had even spent a little time practicing how to properly maneuver them with just a thought.

Mack, who had been completely quiet this entire time, had watched the two families. Although he wasn’t able to fully understand or identify with their problems, it didn’t mean he couldn’t comprehend what they were going through.  In fact, he was rather broke himself, and his trust fund was running damn near empty. More than that, he had undergone a few changes after realizing how much he had hurt Eva. In the process, he had re-awakened his sense of empathy, which now tugged at his heart. He felt a desire to help. Especially after having experienced Eva’s unyielding declaration earlier. She was inspiring. Both of the girls were. He had been useless most of his life, and ruined a great many things because of that. 

Hundreds of thousands of people in both universes watched the Ravens’ trailer video. Some enjoyed it, some didn’t. A number of people certainly engaged with it, and left all sorts of interesting, funny, and entertaining comments. In Eva’s universe, the comments were mostly positive. She and Miko got a kick out of some of them.  --- Quarkystar99: OMG you’re both awesome and cute!BigBetaBobby: Thanks for showing me how to use streamer! I got to talk to my lil’ bro again!PickyPickle: lolol d-ranked mecha noobs lololQuarkystar99: So what pickle? You realize they didn’t e