Rhodes Island supply crates, yes. With dates and serial numbers.
Folinic
The last time we made contact, it was me who...
Folinic
......
Suzuran
Miss Folinic...
Folinic
What caused the fire?
Tatjana
An accident... At least, that's what we decided at first, but...
Tatjana
Dr. Atro would never be so careless as to leave flammables lying around. All the signs point to this being caused by someone's Arts.
Tatjana
We couldn't figure out where the fire started. The tent's metal support frame melted, and the bodies...
Tatjana
Oh...
Folinic
It's fine. Continue.
Tatjana
Judging from the remains, the victims couldn't even leave the tent. There was no struggle. And of course, they were completely unrecognizable.
Tatjana
I don't think an ordinary fire could just incinerate Dr. Atro and her patients like that.
Tatjana
It would have to be some form of Originium Arts that could achieve such high temperatures so quickly...
Folinic
How many of them were Infected?
Tatjana
Hm? Oh... three from our village: Kevin, Biederman, and Eckehard were receiving treatment. And there was also...
Folinic
......
Tatjana
Thor... Thorwald.
Tatjana
He was the only son of the Schultz. And my friend. He wasn't Infected. He just went there to help, out of the kindness of his own heart.
Suzuran
Just let it out, Miss Tatjana. You need to get it off your chest.
Tatjana
Huh?
Suzuran
I can sense the pain here.
Suzuran
Here... there was a lot of discontent here. Much joy, much pain. But it's all gone now.
Tatjana
Is that... is that an Originium Art?
Suzuran
No. I've just seen this kind of thing so many times. Everyone wants to keep their feelings bottled up inside. But it's not healthy.
Suzuran
Maybe I'm wrong. But if you treat yourself like that, you'll worry the people who care about you, no?
Suzuran
You should cry. Cry it all out. No one will judge you.
Tatjana
You're right. Thank you. I already knew that, in a way, but for now I can't... I just can't let it go.
Suzuran
Hm—
Folinic
Don't. Don't look at me, Lisa. I get it.
Suzuran
Hm!
Folinic
*Sigh*... Now, I'm sorry!
Tatjana
Huh? What's that about...?
Folinic
...I thought I had prepared myself mentally back on the Rhodes Island landship. Atro was a very dedicated doctor. She always reported in on time.
Folinic
Of course I know what it means to lose contact with an operator. Rhodes Island has said goodbye to so many. I just couldn't get myself to believe it.
Folinic
I... I let my emotions get the better of me. And I'm sorry.
Folinic
But we're not the only ones to lose somebody to this act of murder.
Tatjana
Schultz Severin found the remains of eight individuals.
Tatjana
Since there are no Infected experts in our town, we can only hastily bury them...
Tatjana
We can't let them stay with Wolumonde. They'll be buried in the wasteland outside the town. And when Wolumonde leaves, they'll lose their hometown forever.
Tatjana
Of course... in keeping with our traditions... we should do better than that, at least...
Suzuran
This sort of thing happens a lot.
Folinic
You said there were eight?
Tatjana
Yes. The five I just mentioned, and the others should be some wanderers who came seeking treatment.
Tatjana
When the Great Rift came, Wolumonde didn't escape unscathed, and of course many merchants and travelers nearby got caught up in the Catastrophe.
Tatjana
Things were bad for Wolumonde, but there was nothing else those people could do but chase down the town slowly crawling across the wasteland.
Tatjana
The look of the refugees coming in started to change... But Dr. Atro treated everyone equally. She even rescued some of the Infected. At least the ones who would accept the help.
Folinic
That means one non-infected and seven Infected.
Folinic
What about the Infected remains? Within minutes to hours of the cessation of vital signs, depending on the rate of Originium assimilation in the body, there is a risk of secondary spread. It's very dangerous if not handled appropriately.
Tatjana
Oh, right, well, the Schultz decided that because they were only lightly infected, and with the rapid incineration of tissue, there wasn't much risk.
Folinic
Didn't you say you had no Infected experts?
Tatjana
Oh, Schultz Severin just said he was going off of experience, and couldn't be absolutely sure.
Folinic
Experience, huh...? What kind of job gives you experience handling Infected corpses...?
Folinic
But anyway, if he can keep his cool even after losing his own flesh and blood, maybe he takes his job more seriously than I thought.
Folinic
I would like to inspect the Infected remains... I need to see Atro myself.
Tatjana
Yes, of course. I'll explain it to the Schultz. But most of the remains are charred so badly that we can't tell who was who.
