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Yes. There were -- at least two Noah there -- the research staff and the branch heads had been taken hostage... [Level 4s everywhere. but he just tightens his jaw after a beat] Tokusa was badly injured. The only other Exorcist present was Kanda, and he'd been incapacitated somehow.
I engaged the Earl, but. [shakes his head] I don't remember anything after that.