Suddenly Teresa of the Faint Smile out of nowhere. Did Claire transform, or is it a mental image?
Edit: Turns out that the one awakening isn't Claire, it's Teresa. Claire is taking on the role of the one who holds the heart of the awakened and pushing for a full awakening of Teresa. Credits to God Eye Galatea of MH forums.
I doubt she is, but considering her body just turned into an entirely different person, it would make sense.
Another worry some factor - last time a #47 mind merged with a high number, it did not end well. But then Teresa may not need an awakened form to handle what's in front of them.
Priscilla, in the midst of rage and hunger after she was critically and almost fatally stroked down by Clare and Raki, has eaten Cassandra, and afterwards...
- Priscilla: I'm so hungry! I'm so hungry! I'm so hungry!
- Clare: Priscilla...
- Priscilla: I'm so hungry! I'm so hungry! I'm so hungry!
- Priscilla: I really want to eat entrails!
- Helen: What is that?! Did Priscilla and Cassandra already merge?!
- Clare: That's not right. Cassandra's power... No, her existing main body was all eaten completely...
- Helen: Wha...
- Priscilla: Not enough... With only that little, it's not nearly enough. Give me all the entrails here.
- Chronos: You damn bastard. Hurry and just die already.
- Octavia: You!
- Yuma: What's going on? How could Octavia's face...
- Chronos: Shit.
- Octavia: I'm so hungry! I'm so hungry! I'm so hungry!
- Helen: Cynthia! Please take care of Clare's left arm!
- Deneve: Ready your swords! Let's charge at her all at once!
- Miria: Let's go, Tabitha! Let's continue the fight together.
- Cynthia: How could this be..?
- Cynthia: Clare... Your yoki is already...
- Clare: Ha.... Ha...
- Raki: Clare...
- Cynthia: Clare, please take Raki and get as far away as possible. We will take care of this battle from here on.
- Clare: Wait, Cynthia! Please, the reattachment should be done soon.
- Cynthia: Clare, you already did your best. You have progressed with powerful strength that well surpasses that No.47 that you originally were.
- Cynthia: If one wishes to acquire more strength, then in turns they have to bear the burden of responsibility as well. We have depended on you and Captain Miria too much in the past.
- Cynthia: It's our turn this time. In turns of ranking, I'm right behind Captain Miria, remember?
- Clare: Wa..Wait...
- Raki: Clare...
- Clare: For what then....? Did I not come this far till now for this very moment....
- Clare: Ha.... Ha... Ha...
- Raki: Clare!
- Clare: I can... I can still continue fighting...
- Clare: Come on... arms upwards, and legs forwards.
- Helen: Chronos!
- Deneve: Damn...
- Helen: Shit, each one of them is eaten so easily....
- Miria: Ha....Ha.....Ha....
- Clare: {Quicksword}
- Clare: {Windcutter}
- Clare: Ku...ha...
- Raki: Ku...
- Clare: Raki!
- Clare: Escape quickly, Raki! Don't be idiotic! This is not an opponent that a human could face.
- Raki: I don't want to. I ready said this 7 years ago, if Clare is to die, I will die together with you.
- Raki: Perhaps, this clumsy body have grew, but I haven't changed at all compare to that time.
- Clare: Raki...
- Octavia: Human... The scent of human entrails.... Seems to be very delicious ....
- Clare: Octavia!!!
- Clare: Ah...
- Raki: Clare!
- Clare: Damn..
- Clare: Kuha...
- Octavia: Look... He is going to be eaten anyways... It wouldn't be a bad thing to let me eat him...
- Clare: Shit! Shit!
- Raphaela: You have committed a big mistake...
- Clare: Ha....Ha...Ha.... {Mistake..?}
- Clare: {So that's why...?}
- Octavia: What? You not going to awaken? Just then...
- Clare: {The one who should awaken is not me..?}
- Helen: Chronos! You bastard!
- Clare: {Why Raphaela entrusted all her memories and emotions to me? Because there is something I need to understand from there.}
- Raki: Clare!
- Clare: {In the midst of awakening, there was someone who pulled me back. I did not realize her existence, and letting myself awakened, that was where my big mistake from.}
- Clare: {The one who's awakening is that someone else inside my body.}
The origins of that flesh and blood is... The warrior of the faint smile!
with the revelation of teresa's 'awakening' and being tethered by claire, the human-awakened being hybrid that has been developed for quite a while now makes sense.