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Aeka looked to the coin with a brief hint of trepidation. She pondered for a few moments. Perhaps she could stay for a little while? Just long enough to rest, maybe the Umibozu wouldn't find her here and seek to look elsewhere.

She took in a deep breath to compose herself; at that moment she decided to tell Jane everything.

"My brother, Shimizu has poisoned our father to make him ill and die; then he can ascend to the throne." She said, moving to rest against one of the bookshelves. "He also.." She trailed off and looked to the floor, swallowing hard before rolling up her BDU Shirt and underlying camisole to expose her bare abdomen. The body was emaciated from months without adequate food, but all along her body were scars, with one that seemed more recent than the others.

This odd scar was the size of a ping pong ball, with faint tendrils of scar tissue running out across her abdomen in a web like fashion.

"I was shot with a high powered weapon; my bodyguard took me to this bunker where I was healed; but the Umibozu killed her so I had to flee."

There was another, fainter scar that betrayed something far worse; the way the scar moved along the large web like scar was akin to a surgical incision, which ran from under her naval, to the belt and waiste of Her BDU Pants. A few more surgical incision like scars dotted her abdomen.

"My Brother, Shimizu is not the true crown prince, my half brother Yosho is the real crown prince. He lives here; on Terra in Shintenchi. I have to find him so I can overthrow Shimizu, before Shimizu has us both killed."

She looked at the coin, and nodded, reaching out to take it.

"If it's not too much trouble; I would like to rest a few days. Get some new clothes; clean up.. I promise I too will assist you however I can; and when I have brought my Half Brother back to the Empire; I will make sure you are compensated." She said, her spirits elevating some. "I am sure I can find something in the Imperial Archives on Niihama, that would make this affair well worth your effort."

At that moment she jumped at the sound of the door opening, her eyes moving to the front door as the stranger walked in.

Anyone could be an agent of the Umibozu, and so she watched from behind an assortment of books, before turning her attention slightly back to Jane.

"Thank you for helping me... I am truly humbled." Aeka said, bowing briefly, before going to her jacket and rummaging through.

She produced a small blue crystal, which was intricately engraved with alien symbols. Aeka held up the crystal in front of Jane, and then she let it go, the Crystal began to float there, silently as if to defy gravity. "It's called a Skystone, I picked it up on one of the outlying shogunates before I left Axis. They bring good luck." She said, pushing the Crystal towards Jane. "For your kindness."