01. ) ARMS RACE

( This place — all of Trench, really — is so far beyond Genjiro's sense of normal that he spends quite a deal of time just learning in libraries and archives. He feels less than equipped, though; maybe, it occurs to him, that he needs a weapon of some sort.

So he takes to Prufrock — specifically, the weapons shop.

But he's a little lost, needless to say. Still, he speaks to someone nearby with relative ease, despite the hammering in his chest over having to speak to anyone at all. )

Excuse me — do you have a moment?