The clones came.
They hit us from three angles at once, which was more than the drill sheet called for, which meant Misato had decided we needed to learn the hard way or she was just in a mood, and honestly with Misato those two things overlapped more often than not.
Two came from the treeline. Two dropped from the low branches where I hadn't even seen them climb. Two came straight up the middle at Naomi, who was the obvious target, the damage dealer, the one you take out first if you have a brain and Misato's clones always had a brain.
Naomi didn't flinch. The Gold buff sang through her and she brought the staff around in an arc that scattered blue-white light across the whole field, and the two clones coming up the middle took the blast center mass and dissolved back into green mist before they closed half the distance. She'd never moved that fast before.
