spent his evening pulling bullets out of Chrome's body and patching the girl up. She's currently in his bed, resting.

eating breakfast now, and contacting Kaoko. She deserves to know about this.

had to struggle out of bed in order to answer her cellular phone.

...Do you know what time it is, Shamal?

Yeah. It's an unholy hour for the both of us.

...Listen up. Something's happened to your girl.

wide awake now. "I'm all ears."

proceeds to explain what he managed to gather from Yamamoto. He tells Kaoko how Chrome is doing now, and assures her that all's well.

...She's working for the Varia, so this was bound to happen. Ah, and she wanted to tell you she's sorry.

lets out a small sigh and doesn't answer.

I guess you'll handle telling Squalo?

Mm, I will. ...Keep me posted on how she's doing. Call me the moment Chrome wakes up too.

Of course.

hangs up.

stares at her phone for a bit longer after the call ended.

gets up, to make herself breakfast. The table feels a lot bigger than it ought to.