... They would have been somewhat less so if they were of more modern make. The ones here are— outdated, by a few hundred years. The technology and designs have greatly changed in that span of time.

[ hello, fellow timelooper. Siffin's allowed to stare. or, well. perhaps it's not that Siffrin's allowed, and simply that Homura isn't fussed by the attention from earlier.

(red, red, red. red like her ribbons, red like fate.) ]

As it is, though ... yes. It was indeed somewhat tiresome.