[ a handful of officers and forensics arrive just after he leaves, narrowly missing ajax by a few seconds. lumine's quickly ushered out of their apartment with nothing but her purse and aether's phone. another police officer quickly approaches her with a few questions, mostly to ask where she was, what she's been doing, had she seen anything out of the ordinary, did her brother contact her prior—and all she can do is answer them to the best of her abilities despite the circumstances.

the questions take a while before she's advised to get some rest and that they'll be in touch. a calling card is given to her, one she tucks inside her purse, and a request is asked for her to stay in the city because they'll be in touch again.

a part of her wonders if she's a possible suspect in all of this. after all, she's in a good position to take over aether if something were to happen to him. and the police would no doubt see that as an angle. if only she could tell them what's really going on ...

she sits in her car in the basement parking for several minutes after declining the offer of a police car driving her to her apartment, staring at aether's phone. surprisingly, they didn't take or ask for it—or did they think that she didn't have it? hm. in any case, it works to her advantage, ringing ajax again. ]

I ... [ what does she say to him, anyway? ] The police are still in the apartment, so don't go there. They told me they'll be in touch again soon.