Major Hakatoro Saru of the Nagato Corporation Security Defense Force nods once to his executive officer and waits, arms folded and set, feet planted upon the hard black pavement of the cul-de-sac. He has seen the dark green-tinted Tachi Monarch gliding smoothly up the approach lane to the verge of the cul-de-sac. He is familiar with the expensive and flashy vehicles favored by the elves of Nagato Combine's Green Serpent Guard. He considers such vehicles an arrogance, yet another proof of elitist attitudes, and thus another indication of the contempt with which most elves regard the balance of humanity, Japanese or no.