At 17 Empress Mary Avenue, Shade and the Doctor carried their Suitcases up the stairs toward the 2nd Floor. He suddenly laughed:
"Doctor, judging by what we just did, we seem like standard bad guys."
"Good people and bad people are relative."
The Doctor said. The two did not go to the 1st Floor, instead entering the corridor on the 2nd Floor and walking deeper inside.
"How so?"
"No one is entirely good or entirely bad. A person can do good deeds and bad deeds; all that matters is maintaining the balance."
The Doctor said as he and Shade arrived at the innermost room. Kicking open the door, the two went to the window. Outside was a safe alley.
"Balance... Come to think of it, I've always been curious. Does our school's name, Saint Byron's—St. Balance—have some deeper meaning?"
Shade asked.
He pushed open the window and leaned out to make sure no one was in the alley. The people on the street were busy putting out the fire and picking up money, so he removed his mask, discarded the Frog Leg, and jumped directly from the second-floor window into the alley.
He took off his gloves and shoe covers and stuffed them into his pockets. The middle-aged Doctor followed close behind with the suitcase, jumping from the second-floor window as well. In an even tone, and in a rather good mood, he explained:
"Saint Byron's name itself carries the meaning of balance. Miracle stands opposite Blasphemy; Enlightenment stands opposite Whisper; the Destiny Ring itself is a perfect circle; and Ring Arcanists themselves have Another Me behind them. Saint Byron's believes that the foundation of the Ring Arcanist system lies in balance. Only by maintaining balance can one continue advancing without losing control."
He stamped his numb right foot after