Mashu: "We have left the area of the sandstorm!
The buggy is doing great too, everything is nice, senpai!"
……By the way, are you not worn out from driving?
I could switch places with you if you wish……"
>I'm not letting go of the wheel……yo.
>Calling in relief driver Mashu.
[2]
Mashu: "Please leave it to me, and go ahead and rest.
I will keep our place with all that I have!"
Da Vinci: "Oh, are you switching?
That's good, driving for too long is dangerous!
Do you want some food? Or a massage?
Oh and, I made some cold juice too, you know?"
>This is almost too convenient……
>You're quite the mother hen.
[2]
Fou: "Fou, fooou!"
Da Vinci: "Of course. I'm usually quite the busybody.
I gallantly make all sorts of requests of people.
Anyways, we're almost out of the desert.
You can take off your mask soon.
The mana saturation in the air is different beyond that large dune.
That must be what how this age originally looked."
>……It's a bit scary to think of.
>Da Vinci-chan, you look like you're having fun.
[1]
"Yeah. I'm uneasy too. My worst-case scenarios always come true.
……Why King Ozymandias doesn't use the grail.
I am afraid of his reason for not doing so.
But well, my worries will soon be relieved.
Once we're out of Egyptian territory, we'll be able to communicate with Romani.
>He must be worried too.
>He must be on the edge of his seat too.
Da Vinci: "Haha, yeah.
But to be honest, I think this was a good thing. Romani was able to rest a little because of this.
Romani has been forgoing sleep and rest ever since the Grand Order began."
Fou: "Fou, fou."
>The Doctor's been doing that…?
>Even though it's just communications?
Da Vinci: "Of course. Chaldea lost over 60 of its employees in the accident.
How do you think they're making up for that loss?
Romani's job isn't just health management.
Managing the remaining equipment. Maintaining Shiva.
Regulating Chaldea's furnace. Operation plans and leyshift operations.
Mental care for the staff who are getting more and more stressed by day.
Well, that does happen to be his original job.
So long as there is no fresh supply from the outside, Chaldea has no choice but to get by somehow with just the people it has.
To be able to cover all this is the work of a genius.
But Romani is no genius. Nor is he a Heroic Spirit.
He's just a human, a normal person. When such a person is charged with a genius's task, first one must sacrifice stamina and time.
When that's no longer enough, one uses drugs to boost cognition and to ignore physical weariness."
>I didn't know……
>I somehow thought that might be the case……
[2]
Da Vinci: "That's good.
That gives his efforts some payoff.
And also, the communications from Chaldea aren't just what they appear to be.
Singularities are realities, but also worlds built upon a hypothetical possibility.
Just by being here, your existence becomes fuzzy.
Because you don't belong here in the 13th century.
From the viewpoint of the world, you are something incomprehensible.
And so Chaldea is constantly providing proof of your existence, so that your significance does not vanish.
Constantly testifying to the existence of the person called Gudao, making you a concrete being at the point of leyshift.
Singularities are all vague, you see. Even if you have a body, some slight thing could cause a different quantity from you---a you of a different possibility, with slightly different abilities, to be reflected in Chaldeas.
Once that happens you can't return to the reality of the year 2016.
And so Chaldea is constantly monitoring you from the control room.
Checking all your numbers, and restoring your "normal value" wherever something might shift.
In this work, you can't miss even the slightest difference or hint.
The staff in the Chaldea control room, including Romani, are supporting you with all their body and souls."
>……………
>But Doctor Roman said……about Mashu……
Da Vinci: "Oh, you mean what he talked about before the leyshift.
You're right in that when it comes to Chaldea's experiments, Roman was on the side of the perpetrators. You can get angry about that, and suspect him for it.
When I was summoned to Chaldea I immediately denounced Maurice-Billy and Romani for it.
"I shouldn't need to say why I'm angry, or why I look down upon you.
No ordinary person should imitate something only a genius should do!"
>Maurice-Billy………?
Da Vinci: "Oh, you didn't know?
Maurice-Billy Animusphere.
Olga-Marie's father, and the ex-director of Chaldea."
[brakes screech]
Fou: "Fou?!"
Mashu: "I apologize for the sudden braking!
But there are enemies ahead, Master!
They are forming a wall to block our way!
We will likely not be able to get past the dune without first taking care of them!"
>You bastards, getting in the way of our big leap!
>Mashu, full throttle on your shield!
Mashu: "Yes, Master! For our comfortable drive experience, I will have have them retreat immediately!"