**Setting: The lair, dimly lit with shadows creeping across the walls. Mizuki and Nishamura stand in front of Splinter, who is sitting cross-legged, a flickering light from a nearby lamp casting a warm glow. Tension hangs in the air.**
**Mizuki:** Dad, we need to talk.
**Splinter:** (looks up, sensing the seriousness) What is it, Mizuki?
**Nishamura:** (arms crossed, voice low) It’s about Venus.
**Splinter:** (frowns) Venus? You mean… the sister you both claim to remember?
**Mizuki:** Yeah, we saw her. She’s with Big Mama.
**Splinter:** (shocked) With Big Mama? That is… troubling.
**Nishamura:** (snaps) Troubling? It’s worse than that! She’s fighting for them. She’s not the same.
**Mizuki:** (frustrated) How could she join them? After everything?
**Splinter:** (sighs) This is not easy. I don’t remember her. I only remember saving seven.
**Nishamura:** (voice rising) Seven, but she was one of us! You think she just vanished?
**Splinter:** (stern) I do not know what happened.
**Mizuki:** (leans closer, urgency in her voice) But she’s real! I saw the scar on her eye, Dad. How could she do this?
**Nishamura:** (glares at Mizuki) You don’t get it! You were just a baby! You didn’t see her get hurt!
**Mizuki:** (defensive) I might have been a baby, but I felt it!
**Splinter:** (interrupts) Enough! This is not helping.
**Nishamura:** (hands clenching) We have to find her. We have to help her.
**Mizuki:** (nods, eyes brightening) Yeah! Maybe we can convince her to leave Big Mama.
**Splinter:** (calm but firm) It’s not that simple. Big Mama is dangerous.
**Nishamura:** (deadpan) Doesn’t matter. She’s our sister.
**Mizuki:** (playfully nudges Nishamura) Okay, Nishamoron, but how do we even start?
**Nishamura:** (glares) Don’t call me that.
**Mizuki:** (grinning) Fine, but seriously! We need a plan.
**Splinter:** (thoughtful) You must approach this carefully.
**Nishamura:** (scoffs) Careful? She’s stuck with the enemy.
**Mizuki:** (serious now) What if we could help her remember who she really is?
**Splinter:** (cautiously) It’s possible, but it requires strength and unity.
**Nishamura:** (bitter) Unity? You mean like the way we lost her?
**Mizuki:** (softly) Nish, we can’t think like that.
**Nishamura:** (voice low, almost a whisper) You don’t know what it was like.
**Splinter:** (leans forward) Tell me, Nishamura. What happened?
**Nishamura:** (pauses, eyes dark) I met her once. She was… different. Not like all of you.
**Mizuki:** (curious) Different how?
**Nishamura:** (tightens jaw) She understood me. We connected.
**Splinter:** (concerned) But she is lost now.
**Nishamura:** (shaking head) No. She’s not lost. She’s just… changed.
**Mizuki:** (determined) Then we have to help her change back.
**Splinter:** (nods, slowly) If we pursue this, we must be prepared.
**Nishamura:** (stands tall) I’m ready.
**Mizuki:** (raising fist) Me too!
**Splinter:** (smiles slightly) Then it is settled. Together, we will find her.
**Nishamura:** (looking away) Together.
**Mizuki:** (grins) And I’ll make sure we don’t lose anyone else.
**Splinter:** (voice steady) Then we begin at dawn.
**Nishamura:** (nods, resolute) Let’s do this.
**Mizuki:** (playfully) And no more sneaking out without telling me, okay, Nishamoron?
**Nishamura:** (glares, but there’s a hint of a smile) Stop it.
**Splinter:** (chuckles softly) It is good to see you both united.
**Nishamura:** (quietly) Let’s just get her back.
**Mizuki:** (smiling) Right. One step at a time.
**[The tension eases slightly, but the determination remains palpable.]**
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