[... Well, that explanation will do for now. When it comes to the goal, that was the difference between the two factions. When it came to what they wanted. The reasons, Hayame thinks, are also different, however, and just as important. It was about what they believed- that was what would lead to the choice on what to do. Did one believe that they, and only they, had somehow survived the destruction of their entire world that was now lost forever, or did they believe there was no way worlds could just vanish in an instant like that, and that their world was still out there somewhere, just... they had been lost.

Hayame refuses to believe it. That things could just be gone with no warning, no chaos, just a blink and a swallow of "oblivion".

The red-skinned woman's tail flicks... and the centaur woman's does in turn.]

I am here to ask if you have already chosen to side with Zenith- if that is why you do not linger to hear the words of the speakers in Heliopolis.

[It sounds reasonable enough, because she is making a great effort to try and be reasonable, in the palatable way her allies seemed to keep insisting upon. But a seasoned warrior would surely be able to detect... that this woman's demeanor may be about to shift drastically if the answer to that question was "yes".]