-Lucifer's Glory, guest cabin.
"This is your room. We don't have a regular passenger service to the Kuja, so we'll take you home aboard this airship. Don't worry."
Dressed in light armor, Laki settled Marguerite into a guest cabin.
"...Th... thank you."
Marguerite sensed something in Laki that reminded her of the Kuja warriors.
"Get some rest. There's already food in your room. We'll reach Amazon Lily tomorrow. If you need anything, you can contact an attendant through the Den Den Mushi in your room."
Watching Laki leave, Marguerite swallowed the words, Actually, I want to stay.
She really had been unlucky. On her very first voyage as a trainee, human traffickers had tricked her into going with them.
Who knew how Teacher Kikyo would scold her when she returned home...
And so, Marguerite spent her first peaceful night in quite some time.
-The next morning.
With the freed slaves aboard, Lucifer's Glory arrived at the nearest resettlement site.
Curious, Marguerite followed the others off the ship to have a look.
It looked like a fairly decent harbor town, flying the flags of Babylon and Titans, with a towering Communications Tower.
"Lord Great Angel, what are those?"
Marguerite pointed at the rather rugged-looking metal robots.
"Those... are Titans' Zaku, along with their commanding officers."
A squad of Zaku-shaped Mechanical Servants patrolled as guards, carrying Electromagnetic Rotary Machine Guns with Heat Hawks hanging at their waists.
There were also Servo Angels serving as peace officers, concealed inside T-60 Power Armor.
Whenever Sephiroth helped a settlement in his capacity as the Great Angel, he would usually offer it some "friendly suggestions."
Ultimately, through third-party partnerships, he would offer interest-free loans and cooperation in infrastructure construction, resource development, free trade, port leases... even free defensive garrisons.
This turned the settlement into what was