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Monstrous Bird of Qin, Ou Ki
Hanuman.
Narayana had called him... Hanuman. Not Totoma, his saiyan name. Not Rousong, his human name. Not some sort of... nickname.
Hanuman.
It was a name he'd never heard before, and yet, it was familiar. Totoma couldn't place why, but... it was achingly familiar.
More bullshit about himself to unravel. Great. And just when he'd reached a point where he felt he was done with all that.
It would probably have to wait until after the fight with Sakin. After all, he didn't have months to take a n--meditate on the matter. Not like he'd even know where to... start.
...hm.
They probably had a couple hours before they set out for Sakin's planet, he figured? Neva mentioned sending some knights along with them, and it would probably take them a bit to organize and recuperate from the battle they'd just left. Never mind their own fatigue and injuries. Demons, a God of Destruction, Inanna... today had been tiring. So tiring that he really didn't want to do anything except take a nap, but...
Standing up, he walked over to Zaofan and Eva, addressing the latter with almost uncharacteristic seriousness. "...Eva, can I ask a favor of you? Can I use that room on the lookout? Not the time chamber, but the one that allows one to travel to the past, mentally, at least? There's... something I want to... need to do." It probably wouldn't work, but Hanuman was such a unique name that maybe if he focused the chamber on it, it'd bring up something?
"Shouldn't take too long, I hope," he said.
He had, however, overlooked one key detail in his tiredness--he couldn't just zip to Earth from Reshlan like his mom. And even then, she could only pull stuff like that off if she had an energy signature to home in on,usually his or dad's. "...crap, with you as drained as you are, it'd be rude to ask you to teleport me, especially since Reshlan is iso far away from Earth."
Ah, so Sarada was concerned about her people that, upon the destruction of their planet and subsequent resurrection (...that was it, yes? from her point of view, that had been centuries ago), she had offered them refuge in Vaikuntha. Reasonable, and expected from the Saiyan monarch. She closed her eyes and probed her connection with Vaikuntha.
It still existed, but was weakened. Given a bit of time, however, it could be reinforced and...
"Mm, yes, do not worry. I will be able to retrieve them soon," she said, opening her eyes. "And intend to do so, as I need to ascertain the extent of the damage there and... begin the work of restoration. I'd rather not have any potential, mm, collateral damage, should I tighten the wrong metaphysical screw too tightly."
In her estimation, there was little risk--Vaikuntha was, as a rule, inherently stable, but one could not be too careful. And besides...
As she understood it, these saiyans were of a more intellectual bent than the rest of their race, and beyond that, stronger than average. Likely due to less stress and better training methods. Having them around to bolster Reshlan's defenses while most of the Elite Knights were off helping the M fighters against Sakin would make both herself and her people feel better. And...
"If you could spare them, I would like them to reinforce my people's defense while our Elites are helping against Sakin," she said. "Beyond that, I believe that they'd make for a good... first contact between my people and yours, on a larger scale than before. Many of my people still consider saiyans to be brutes--well-meaning brutes, mind, but brutes nonetheless--and I believe meeting a group of saiyans who possess a more... cerebral lifestyle, while also being powerful warriors, may help alleviate that misconception."