For Whom the Gnomes Pack (before battle)

So now that I've had some time to look around out here...

This facility appears to be... a gift factory.

I see... so there are factories like these that produce gifts.

... Christmas decorations everywhere...

... There's still some time until Christmas, though.

Sinclair looked to the ground with a somber expression.

... I didn't need to ask to know how he was feeling.

I wonder if monsters exchange gifts with each other?

They didn't seem like the most hospitable sort.

There is a possibility that they may be contractors to one of the Wings in the City.

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I wanted to say 'no chance', but... the City and the Wings that we've experienced so far were...

<Yeah, I can see that.>

... Yeah. There was a non-zero chance of that being the case.