"...Yes," Signum agrees, trying to make sense of all this in her head. If that wasn't really Hayate, and it clearly hadn't been, then what did this all mean. Had she said anything untrue about Signum? Herself, perhaps, but Signum?

She elbows the phantasm of Cypha in the face as it reforms behind her, dispersing it again. Hell, but that woman was annoying, even when merely duplicated. But no, there was nothing in the words that she didn't already feel in her heart.

"This probably means there's some hostile force at work here again," Signum says to Marisa. "Or the Queen broke something, yet again. That said..." She pauses. To admit to this girl she barely knew what her problems were? Her past mistakes?

"That said, anger is probably the best response. Listening to what one really thinks about oneself...it could be crippling," she admits. The shadows reform into an image of Vita with a huge metal blade through her chest and a taunting expression. Signum swipes the phantom's hat off and, looking offended, it again discorporates.

"I wonder how to get rid of them..."