Ilias' mouth was agape for a moment.

"...E-Erica?" he stuttered.

"Yes." Alicja responded.

"....oh no..." Ilias mumbled. "That's... that's... oh no..." he said quietly.

"How... who...?" he started to ask, before gritting his teeth.

"Damn it all." he hissed.

"As if poor Erica didn't have it rough already."

"...I... well...." Ilias stammered.

"I... don't know." he admitted.

"I just... I went to see her, saw her there, read the note, and brought her right here." he told her.

"I... should probably go back and check to see what else she wrote down." he continued, pausing for a moment.

"Or... check more of the notebook." he then realised.

He looked at the notebook, before flipping back some pages, to see if they gave any clues.

"...Alicja..." Ilias mumbled.

"There's mana doing this." he said.

"The shocks are just a conveyance." he went on.

"If... this is to be believed, then Aedan used herself as a test subject, to see if mana was dislodging the soul." he continued.

"And... her note said that if I found her in the state I did, she was right." he went on.

"This... is a far more elegant and complex attack than we first thought, or could have ever imagined."

"...according to this, though... Ebony is still there." Ilias then said.

"Just... disconnected from the body." he went on.

"With others, it means they're effectively in comas, because when the body and soul are disconnected like this, they just... well... 'fall asleep', essentially." he continued, but then paused.

"...what does that mean for Aedan...?" he wondered, before shaking his head.

"Anyway, but because of your unique circumstances, you just regained control over your body when Ebony was... disconnected." he went on.

"If we find a way to disrupt the mana... then maybe we can 'wake up' everyone." he said further.

"...but that's a task that I don't think anyone here is equipped to do." he lamented. "Not without the information that... Cain and Azazel have..." he then said, trailing off at the end.

"I need to contact them ASAP and let them know what's happened, and what's happening."

Ilias paused for a moment, thinking about it.

"You're pretty close to Azazel, and you know alchemical stuff more than I do." he told her. "I know you're not an alchemist yourself, but... well, yeah, maybe it'd be best if you had them explain to you." he admitted.

"...that or Gemini." he realised.

"Where IS she, anyway?" he asked.

"Haven't seen much of her lately, I think she was doing her own thing to try and find a solution for this." he mumbled.

"Anyway, you or Gem." he shrugged.

"....hm." Ilias mumbled.

"It really is." he said.

"I... maybe I should look for her." he said further. "Or call her." he went on.

"Try and get ahold of her and at least share this information." he reasoned.

"Of those still here... and still unaffected by this... she's probably the one to go to now for alchemical stuff." he continued.

"She's second only to Aedan, I believe."

Ilias nodded in response.

"Yeah, her and Kiah are pretty much equals on that." he agreed.

"And I am NOT a good alchemist." he stressed. "I've been told I'm a brilliant chemist... by Kiah, herself, and Aedan, too... but when it comes to actually getting into the elegant mixing of mana into it? Naw. I can't do that." he told her. "So as far as an alchemist goes, I'm entry level. I can do VERY simple shit, but that's it." he said further.

"Regardless, enough of my prattling on. I need to find Robyn." he finished.

With that, they parted ways, and he left the medical wing, in search of Gemini. He figured the first stop would be the dorm she was staying in temporarily... but he actually didn't get that far.

He turned down a corridor to get to there, but stopped in his tracks when he saw the woman he was looking for... collapsed in a heap on the floor.

"...no!" he exclaimed, racing over.

'No, no, no, not Robyn now, TOO!' he panickily pleaded internally, as he reached the downed agent and started to check her over.

"Gemini? Robyn?" he addressed her, trying his best to keep his composure.

"Oh no..." Ilias whispered, a mixture of panic and relief swelling up within him.

He then looked around, before taking his cell phone out and calling the medical wing.

"Help!" he said to the one that answered, giving his location.

"Agent Gemini is down. She's injured and bleeding." he went on.

"Send someone quickly." he added.

He then looked at Robyn, and bit his lip.

"Hang in there, Robyn..."

Ilias looked over towards Angela, before telling the one on the phone that they were there. He finished what he was saying, and hung up, before looking back to Angela and sighing heavily.

"Well, I was looking for her." he said.

"Wanted to discuss Agent Callamachi's notes." he went on.

"And... well, I turned the corner and saw her laying in a heap on the floor." he said further. "I raced over and called to her, but she was silent. When I was close enough and checked her over, she was dead silent, and the shoulder of her top was missing... with her actual shoulder cracked badly, and bleeding..." he mumbled.

"When I moved her, she winced slightly. So she's unconscious, but it doesn't seem to be from what's running rampant in the Unit currently." he then added.

"...for whatever that may be worth."

Ilias nodded in response.

"All right." he replied.

"...do you want me to help carry her to the medical wing?" he asked. "I'm not medically trained or anything, but I promise I'll be as careful as I can possibly be with her." he went on.

"...also, sorry..." he apologised.

"I can tell you're... stressed... to massively understate it." he commented.

"And this probably isn't helping." he sighed.