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[seegodhatesme]

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[seegodhatesme]

[Sypha sits not across from her, but on the adjacent side, and gets one bite before she looks up again.]

I have seen them, my first night here. They are fascinating, but they do not cook very well. I found a few books about how they work, but I have a lot of studying to do to understand them. And the English is not the English I know.

[mycitynow]

I don't know English either, [ Kyoko points out, with a laugh. ]

All I can speak is Japanese. Dunno why this place let me learn English, but I'm not complaining—none of you know how to speak Japanese anyway.

[seegodhatesme]

I know English well enough to read it, but the spellings are all changed. Not complaining, it's something new to learn. I would be happy to learn Japanese too, if you want to teach it.

[mycitynow]

I won't go easy on you just cause you're my temp, [ she grins. ] But we'll start with all the stuff little kids know first. It'd be mean to throw you right into the deep end.

[ so that's a 'yes,' she doesn't mind teaching it. ]

[seegodhatesme]

[Sypha's enjoying Trevor having been right - she already likes this kid.]

The perfect place to start. But we can do that later. For now, tell me about your powers.

[mycitynow]

[ Kyoko nods. ]

So back home, I'm something called a magical girl. I can use my magic to...I think transform into a different form would be a good way of putting it? I still look like me, but I'm faster, stronger, more durable, and I can summon my weapon. I use that form to fight witches, which are these monsters back home that try to kill regular humans.

[seegodhatesme]

[Sypha smiles, amused.]

I have been called a witch. Is that likely to be a problem?

[mycitynow]

Depends, [ Kyoko shrugs, ] are ya gonna try and kill me and the various humans on board? If so, yeah it'll be a problem. If not, then I suppose I can let you live.

[seegodhatesme]

Probably not. [Her laugh is quiet, mostly to herself.]

So you are a defender. Do you think you know why you are here as an inmate?

[mycitynow]

If the Admiral's anything like the other loser magical girls I have to deal with back home, I think I know why. But if the Admiral's got even a small bit of brains in his head, I dunno.

[ There's a pause before Kyoko asks, ] D'they have survival of the fittest where you're from?

[seegodhatesme]

That depends on what you mean by it.

[mycitynow]

It's a theory in my world. You've got a big fish, a medium fish, and a little fish. The big fish survives by eating the medium fish while the medium fish eats the little fish. I'm the big fish, witches are the medium fish, regular humans are the little fish.

So with all that in mind, it'd be really stupid for me to protect regular humans, wouldn't it?

[seegodhatesme]

That depends. Do you want to be a fish, or a person?

[mycitynow]

[ A person. But it's not like she can be one now, can she. And it's certainly not like she's gonna tell Sypha that, not right off the bat. ]

Doesn't matter what I want, does it. D'you think people who were born blind want to be that way? What matters is what I do.

[seegodhatesme]

In your analogy, if the big fish has eaten all the medium fish, are the little fish safe, or does the big fish eat them too?

[mycitynow]

The little fish are safe. But that's not gonna happen. I think there'll always be witches.

[seegodhatesme]

Are the witches a threat to you, or only to the 'regular' humans?

[mycitynow]

None of them are threats. I can easily kill both of 'em. [ It does not take a mind-reader to see that this is a bit of bluster. ]

But I don't have any need to kill people. They're no use to me.