>Has Rick Allen gotten his arm regenerated?

Presumably. It's difficult not to when you're a Detian; ReRob had to go to quite inconvenient lengths to keep his robotic arm throughout the Exile.

>By the way, I get an almost maternal vibe here from the way Sumire
>interacts with Kate in this scene. Of course, she is basically
>offering to take Kate under her wing as a professional protege...

Heh. Sumire is not a particularly maternal woman. She prefers to see her relationship with Kaitlyn as more akin to that of an elder sister, or perhaps a senior member of a sorority - anything else would make her feel old. :)

>Did UF-Maria also spend some time as a bodyguard/hitwoman for
>organized crime before falling in with the Hanagumi?

Probably. It hasn't come up. (Ironically, if it's true, she's now working as a police investigator in Ohji.)

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