[Kotone sighs, a low, quiet sound. It's not really that she won't help, it's more that she can't, and that is more frustrating to her than anything else. She spent most of her life feeling powerless, and when she became a Magical Hunter, she had promised herself she'd never feel that way again.

But now, here she is, taken from her city and dragged to a place where she can't do anything. It pisses her off. She almost turns and punches the boulder, just barely resists the urge. She has some responsibility, she supposes, to stay collected in front of her junior.] It's not too bad having you here either, I guess. At least I know you're not as incompetent as everyone else around.