Actually, the first time Aoshima tried to pull his usual scam after Paradox showed up, he got thoroughly frightened by said elder brother. Although Chris hasn't said one way or another to me, I suspect that Aoshima has completely backed off from trying to "win" Bell. That doesn't mean he isn't still plotting, but he isn't active about it.-- Bob
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Chaos isn't really chaos if it isn't Lawful part of the time.
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Chaos isn't really chaos if it isn't Lawful part of the time.