Branch J-03, part 4 (after battle)

Feels like it's getting colder and colder.

What's up with all this ice around…?

An increase in the frequency of anomalies should ideally be strong, positive reflections.

Did you call?

*sigh* Am I missing some kind of pun here? Why do you keep reacting to that word? Gah, it's so cold...

Putting aside Ishmael's grievance, I thought about what Faust had said.

<... Because that means we're getting close to the Golden Bough… right, Faust?>

It was a pretty solid answer if I do say so myself.

Yes, sure.

Faust's reply, however, was discouragingly dull, or at least that's how it came across to me.