Mission 90 turns a routine dog walk into a neighborhood rescue. At the park, Anya and Yor befriend a disoriented elderly man who cannot find his way home, and their winding search through Berlint ends with a surprise: the lost stranger and his wife are the Forgers' brand-new next-door neighbors, the Authens.
Summary
Yor takes Bond out for his usual walk and Anya joins, angling for the park with the big obstacle course. Her fun is interrupted when two boys point at an old man on a bench and speculate that he is a spy. Anya scans his thoughts expecting a sinister plot and instead finds a confused man who only wants to get home. The boys chase him off with their accusations while she watches, speechless.
She crosses paths with him again on a log bridge, where he nearly slips before regaining his composure. Yor steps in to help, and the family learns he recently moved to the area and has lost his bearings. A note in his jacket suggests he went out to shop, so they try the market, where he mentions having taught at the nearby university and mutters about the damage the war did to it. Anya relays his half-heard thoughts to steer the search, but the group keeps landing in the wrong places: back at the park, a mafia branch office, a florist, even the top of a tower.
When the man despairs over the trouble he is causing, Anya insists the whole outing has been an adventure. Touched that she never mocked him, he buys her a waffle and says she reminds him of a granddaughter, which leads Yor to reflect that neither she nor Anya has ever known a grandparent. A raffle coupon falling from his pocket finally points to the candy shop Anya frequents, and Bond picks up a scent trail from there. The trail ends at the Forgers' own building, where Loid stands with an elderly woman he has been helping move in. The couple introduce themselves as Sigmund and Barbara Authen, the family's new neighbors, and Sigmund apologizes to his wife with flowers as the pair flirt in front of the amused Forgers.
Key Events
Anya, Yor, and Bond spend an afternoon guiding a lost elderly man through Berlint in search of his home.
Sigmund and Barbara Authen debut and are revealed as the Forgers' new next-door neighbors.
Yor reflects on the fact that Anya has never had grandparents, since both her own and Loid's parents are gone.
Notes
An 18-page chapter of Volume 13 in the Term Finals Arc, released November 13, 2023, with Yor, Bond, and Anya on the cover.
The surname Authen plays on "authentic," a deliberate mirror of the name Forger, which denotes someone who fakes things; the contrast underlines the fake-family premise. The obstacle-course park is presumably the one seen in Short Mission 2.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who do Anya and Yor help in Chapter 90?
In Chapter 90, Anya and Yor help an elderly, disoriented man find his way home after meeting him lost in the park during Bond's walk.
How do Anya and Yor eventually track down the lost man's home?
A raffle coupon found in the man's pocket leads them to a candy shop Anya frequents, and Bond then picks up his scent trail from there, leading straight back to the Forgers' own building.
Who turns out to be the lost man in Chapter 90?
The lost man is revealed as Sigmund Authen, who along with his wife Barbara has just moved in as the Forgers' new next-door neighbors.
What does Yor reflect on during the search for the lost man in Chapter 90?
Yor reflects that neither she nor Anya has ever known a grandparent, since both her own and Loid's parents are gone.
How does Sigmund make up for worrying his wife in Chapter 90?
Sigmund apologizes to Barbara with flowers once the group is reunited outside the Forgers' building, and the two flirt playfully in front of the amused family.
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