There had been a lot of talking between them though the machine counted unaware of any schemes that the pair may be making, not really caring which one it took or if it took both.

If both rose then the battle would continue and if not there would be no victor amongst them and so it would take both as a consequence.

It was patient, barely anything got it to hurry, if given orders or when it was running extremely low on power. Neither had been the case and it continued with it's steady count getting towards the end of it with neither girl rising.