>>21445095>[Kelly Omega is shocked.]"I... I have never heard you talk that much. Or make that much sense. You know, I think I'm starting to understand you, Red."
"... yeah, they told me I could go to Paris as Earl Girl -- uh, Maaike's mentor. But I dunno. I feel like this has to be all her. I've done enough -- no, LILLITH. We have done enough. She's either got this, or she doesn't, but either way she's so much better than she was when we started."
>[Omega pauses briefly, before turning to look LILLITH in the eyes. Her tone is soft and genuine.]"Can I... ask you something?"
>[LILLITH nods again.]"You always seem to be wearing the same clothes, but -- and don't take this weird -- you don't stink. I've never seen you eat. We've been here for hours now, and you haven't had a drink, or needed to pee or eaten anything or even fidgeted in your seat. It’s cold out, and you don't have goosebumps. And, fuck, you've let me do 99% of the talking without interrupting."
"You showed up at that tournament and not a single person has any knowledge of you before that day. Thea Thority won't say where she scouted you from. You don't appear in any social media posts, and the internet is totally clear of anything to do with you before then."
"Your early record here was absolute shit, but you never got weird like half the new kids around here. You were the first person to lose to Lightning fucking Nika. You then ran through the B1 and nearly won the B Block. You got fucking decimated in embarrassing fashion by Divine. Then you went and dominated Bishamonta. And then you were totally content to stay back, cook for the Dojo kids, and then you were willing to risk fighting *me* to keep Maaike safe."
"There are androids here. All sorts of animal girls. There are Onis and devils. And succubi, or half-succubi. Vampires, plural. Apparently, Sapphire was a ghost AND a witch. Or was a witch, is now a ghost. So like..."
"Where did you come from? What *are* you?"
