The question was not solved in the end. They did try coming up with an idea of how Alexanders could achieve such effect, but neither Miriam Eversoul nor Vivian Kellet were experts in the correct field to come up with a viable solution. Miriam Eversoul's suggestions were more of a way to find the answer within, which really doesn't work unless you already know how to solve the issue.

  Ale didn't know nor did they have any blueprint within their database to fix that issue, or not any database that Ale could find anyway.

  After a few attempts to find a way to turn industrial-grade ventitors and vacuum cleaners into a way to purify the Mana in the environment (And failing at it), they decided to just wait and see what Alexanders brought tomorrow. It was a consensus that the blonde man would be able to find a solution.

  Even if Ale still couldn't help but remember what Sapphire had said, those cryptic words stuck with her.

  But she had just too much things to deal with, so she would process it one at the time, her list was not getting shorter, and instead was turning even longer by the day.

  She wasn't even sure it wouldn't become a book by the moment she was done. So instead Ale had decided to move to her bedroom when it was appropriate. Miriam Eversoul had said she needed to go to the office to set up some documents, and Vivian Kellet left ten minutes afterwards. Leaving Ale alone in the apartment.

  Ale didn't mind that of course, since it made it even less inconspicuous for her to do what she wanted.

  "Albireo?" Ale said aloud once she was convinced no one was in the apartment, even if she was inside her room, she still couldn't be 100% sure.

  "Yes Lady Ale?" Albireo answered at once, "What can I do for you today?"

  "How much of what I do here is being transmitted to Alexanders?" Ale decided to ask the first thing that was important in this moment.

  "Nothing," Albireo answered at once, an answer she was not expecting, "Mistress Sapphire told us to inform you that while Alexanders was the CEO, he does not have full control of the Conglomerate just yet."

  ...Right.

  Same thing Alexanders alluded before.

  "So since he doesn't control it, he can't access the recordings. Is that correct?" Ale asked, she wanted full security and reassurance.

  "...No. It is possible for Master to access these recordings if he wishes, he just doesn't use that privilege often." Albireo's answer was in line with what Ale suspected.

  "Eborate." Ale decided to confirm it for sure, the thing she suspected sounded stupid on paper, but it was better to be sure.

  "Master can ask for the recordings to be shown to him. And if Mistress Sapphire decides to show them to him. He would be able to see said recordings." Albireo said just what Ale feared, Sapphire truly was at the top of the totem pole. "Master has never once used this privilege, and Mistress hasn't offered, but one can guess that both are aware of this."

  So while Alexanders hadn't used said privilege, and Sapphrie hadn't offered, both knew it was possible. Just like how Ale knew it was possible.

  "Will I know if he makes use of this?" Ale asked, she doubted they would tell her.

  "As a someone recognized by Master, your data is private, only if you make it visible to him, will Mistress Sapphire be able to interact with said data." Albireo told Ale something she hadn't quite expected, "So even if Master asks for the recordings, if you make them impossible to be seen, they will not be able to see them unless Mistress Sapphire willingly seeks them and finds the files with restrictions on them."

  That was... interesting.

  "So what are the current settings?" Ale asked, she assumed they could see her before, but perhaps it had changed after Alexanders got hit by that random weird guilt?

  "Settings are visible to all." Albireo showed Ale a blue screen with the settings, it was a random privacy settings tab. "Do you wish to change them?"

  Did she?

  "... No, leave them as they are." Ale said she would rather only private some things and leave the rest for all to see; this way, she could ensure what she wanted hidden would remain hidden. No reason for them to search for video files if they were under the impression that all was visible. "Create a shortcout so that I can private video files as soon as I want, also create a data stream straight to me so I can see the video recordings of myself and add those of Alexa too."

  "Setting up data uplink." Albireo set up that quickly enough, and to surprise to no one, the data files were compatible with Ale's current software, nothing surprising there. At least she wouldn't need to convert the data files to something she could interpret. That was always good.

  It was weird seeing herself from a third person POV though, more so since she couldn't control the point of view, it was like seeing herself from the perspective of one of these weird games that didn't allow you to control the camera.

  She hated those games, the control were weird to use. Not that it was the case here, since she could move her body as normal.

  Once the datalink was set up, Ale set up some normal commands for Main Core to monitor that, she did not need 24/7 video feed of herself from a third person point of view. It could be useful during mission work though.

  "Okay, that will be all. Please keep the monitoring to the minimum and if you can, all questions and prompts about my person and Alexa should be directed first to me, and then follow the normal chain of command." Ale wasn't sure how much of that would stick, since she was (Quite certain) expecting that the one at the top would be able to ignore her commands on this.

  She wasn't quite sure why Albireo was this deferential, no matter if Alexa was or not the favorite sister of Alexanders. So far she hadn't seen much love towards Alexa from Sapphire.

  Which was in itself weird, but she assumed that they had been somewhat lucky in that aspect... unless shenanigans were to be ensue of course.

  As soon as Ale noticed that the transmission of data between the multiple cameras within the apartment and the overwatch from Albireo decreased to the minimum, Ale sighed in relief and sat down on the bed.

  She wasn't sure what to do about what followed or how to even broach it fully, Alexa... was not the best conversation partner after all.

  "Okay Alexa, let's talk." Ale said aloud, and when she didn't got an answer to her prompt, sighed.

  Of course it wouldn't be that easy, Alexa was... being difficult as of te. Almost as if she was feeling guilty about something, which would be hirious in almost any circumstance but the one they were in right now.

  But that was something she would need to address as soon as possible, her current mental mindset wasn't as stable as she would want it to be, and she suspected that was part of the reason why Alexa wasn't coming out.

  If her own experience in a death loop was something to go by... Ale... was not someone who could deal with the most complex aspects of her psyche being fully digitized, which was something very weird to find out. Considering what her actual identity was, she should be someone more attuned to the mental state that they lived in.

  But she would check on that ter.

  "Let's do it your way then," Ale said taking a deep breath and sharpening her mind, this was something she used to do without thinking, but it was taking some focus to achieve right now.

  Ale sank into their own mindscape.

  The feeling as she felt her body drop into the mental mindscape was something she hadn't expected, somehow... The familiar mindscape felt... cold.

  But Ale didn't let that dissuade her, this was her home. This was the pce they would have to face at some point, even if she didn't come now, there would come a time when she would need to face this.

  Besides, she had returned here after the original death loop and had exited it as normal. So it wasn't impossible for her to exit it, she knew that. She had done so when it was needed, during emergency, and when Alexa wanted.

  She was fine.

  She was fine...

  She was... fine...

  "Ale is fine!"

  "Alexa?" Ale suddenly felt someone jump at her, before she noticed she was once again sitting on the queen-sized bed inside the mindscape.

  The giant bed that Alexa had made for them, the one where they would sleep together.

  "...Alexa is sorry..." Alexa said still hugging Ale, she didn't say anything else, but that she was sorry.

  "It's fine Alexa," Ale said hugging the little girl back, "I know you meant well, but even so. I will also get worried if you don't want to come out. As much as I enjoy being out..."

  And she really meant it, Ale hadn't noticed how much she enjoyed being out before today, more so when there wasn't a crisis for her to solve.

  "You also need to be out, we can split the time if you really want." Ale wouldn't mind leaving the mornings to Alexa, she seemed to enjoy going to school, so going in the morning to school wouldn't be bad.

  "Not because of that," Alexa still wouldn't stop hugging Ale, so Ale couldn't see her face, "Alexa isn't sure about why, but she is sorry. Alexa did a bad, but she doesn't remember, she doesn't remember, even though Alexa turned everything upside down!"

  Ale... did notice that there was something out of pce within their mindscape.

  "She searched everywhere!" Alexa said pulling away from Ale, the eyes of the little girl... didn't have tears, even though Alexa did sound as if she was... sad?

  Ale... wasn't sure why, but even though her brain was telling her that Alexa was sad and crying, the face she saw was... sad? Alexa said and felt that she was sad, so surely that was Alexa's sad face... yes...

  No wait...

  Huh?

  "Ale?" Alexa suddenly asked, she seemed worried, "Are you okay?"

  Was Ale okay?

  Most certainly no, she was not. There was a feeling creeping at her back for one, and since Alexa had been rummaging everywhere the mindscape felt... alien.

  Was it because it had been Ale and Alexandra's work to keep everything tidy? It was probably that, Ale was stressed about many things and dealing with this would be a chore.

  "Yeah sorry, mind wandered for a second there." Ale said sighing, "Don't have any funny thoughts though, we do need to talk."

  "Alexa only has funny thoughts though! If they are Alexa's thoughts then they are funny!" Alexa procimed proudly.

  Yes, that was what Alexa was like.

  "You know what I mean," Ale said smiling, "Or maybe not? Either way, let's talk."

  "We are talking!" Alexa said sticking her tongue out, "Ale is being dummy!"

  ...Ale really wanted to get mad, but that was what speaking to Alexa was, she shouldn't have been surprised.

  "Yes, I know." Ale said nodding, "... I need to work on not being this dummy."

  "... Alexa likes a dummy Ale... It's okay to be dummy." Alexa suddenly said, "Alexa knows she is also a dummy... If Alexa weren't a dummy, she would not make mistakes..."

  "Everyone makes mistakes Alexa, it's fine." Ale said hugging once more Alexa, "It's okay, I also made mistakes... And even Alexandra made mistakes... "

  That was what being... Human was all about, and they had decided to walk this path when they decided to pretend and turn into one of them. Even if the decision had been made from the wrong assumptions, it was a path they had walked and would need to deal with.

  "...Okay..." Alexa nodded in silence, "But Alexa is still sorry."

  "I too am sorry," Ale said sighing, "But we learn from our mistakes, and we will try to not make them again okay? I promise to not make the same mistake again. So you can do the same."

  "Alexa promises!" Alexa said nodding enthusiastically, "Alexa will do her best, and make up to Ale!"

  "And I'll do my best to make up to you too." Ale ughed, unsure why Alexa wanted to make it up to her, considering that the crux of their problems had come from a mistake made by herself and not by Alexa.

  But Alexa was a good girl like that.

  "Well, before getting to clean this mess, let's talk about what I wanted." Ale pulled at Alexa and together with her, they walked to the dinner within the mindscape, it mimicked their apartment perfectly, so that was a nice feeling to have, even if Ale knew this was not the same pce.

  Alexa of course followed after her, she didn't compin or say anything, which was in by itself a great start. Ale had expected the need to wrangle the little girl, so that was good for now.

  "Okay, first... What do we know about the little gift that Melissandra Singh left on us, that is to say. On me." Ale said, snapping her fingers and pulling all the data and samples they had about the foreign Mana that caused the decomposition on her.

  It made her blood boil and seethe.

  "... The thingy that Meli-Meli left in Ale..." Alexa said in a small voice, " Should be purged in a couple weeks at the longest."

  The same prognosis they had from Miriam Eversoul, Vivian Kellet, and Alexanders?

  "Alexa is noming at it as best as she can, but it tastes bad and makes Alexa's tummy rumble." Alexa said pointing at a trash can that... wasn't before here, "Alexa's rumbles make her sick and she has emptied her tummy two times already... But she will get it all out of Ale soon enough!"

  ...What?

  "... Are you... eating the [Death] Mana?" Ale was unsure about what to think, that... was that how Main Core purified the Mana? But... Alexandra didn't say anything about eating Mana... did she?

  "Yes!" Alexa nodded proudly and puffed her chest, "...It tastes bad, the [Feels] are all wrong and Meli-Meli mixed something weird in there, it cracked one of Alexa's teeth!"

  Alexa pulled a broken tooth from one of her pockets, of course, this was a visual representation and not actual teeth...

  Even if it felt real... And had all the correct genetic markers for one of Alexa's teeth...

  There was no way that Alexa could have something physical within their mindscape after all, the mindscape didn't work like that...

  "...How are you even... Why..." Ale wasn't sure what to ask first and what to check second, "... Do you need help...?"

  So she ended up asking that instead.

  "...Hmm.... Alexa could use the help, but Ale doesn't have the wiggles needed to do that." Alexa said, shaking her head and pointing beside her feet, the floor turned transparent for a second and...

  "Ouch!" Ale felt her mind bnk out for a second, she didn't know one could get headaches within the mindscape.

  "...Was that...worms?" Ale asked as she tried to remember what she had seen, only for the headache to intensify, so instead she instinctively decided to delete the memory, which seemed to calm down the pain. "What the hell was that?"

  "Alexa's wiggles!" Alexa said smiling brightly, "They are what Alexa is using to deal with the bad [Feels] that Meli-Meli left us, but since Ale doesn't have wiggles like Alexa she can't help. So leave everything to Alexa!"

  That was... worrying, the fact that Alexa had something that she couldn't do, but perhaps it had something to do with how their minds were wired? Ale was aware that they all had different perspectives and ways to use their powers.

  Perhaps this was something that Alexa could do because of how she saw the world and interfaced with their shared powers? Alexa's mind was more flexible than hers in some aspects after all.

  ....

  "But why worms?" Even so, Ale couldn't help but wonder that aloud while sighing.

  Her sister was weird.