>>22772400You do realize you can easily make Hitomi and
Isaac Newton locals?
One is a just girl who read cards, like to run and
happen to have inherited a pendant linked to the fate altering machineThe other is just a fate obsessed
scientist in a world that could already make mecha without his honestly impressive leadershipJust play differently the "omg I'm a total stranger card" without having to point out no one care a schoolgirl just disappeared.
You can keep the "beam of light", even if it's an overly convenient plot device IMO.
I bet I could rework it while maintaining the dynamic of the mysterious force pushing those two kids together/apart.