Nonon

[nosediving]

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[symphonise]

That's quite the drawback. Have you seen it happen?

[ It sounds like he has, but he could've just heard about it, too. ]

Me? [ Well, she doesn't technically have her own power, just the ability to utilize a certain kind of power. ] My uniform could transform into something more powerful, and I could fly with it.

[nosediving]

[ He gives a slow nod. Yes, and it's rather horrific every time! ]

Your . . . uniform? I see. [ He looks at her clothes. ] Does it utilize a certain type of energy?

[symphonise]

[ She changes her outfit all the time since she doesn't actually want to dirty the uniform she came in that much. ]

Sort of, yeah. It's alien energy.

[nosediving]

[ Alas, he wouldn't know the difference. For all he knows, it could be what she's wearing right now. ]

I've heard that term before. Did foreigners from another world invade yours, too?

[symphonise]

[ For Nonon, that's both a good and a bad thing. Pay attention to clothes, Shang Qinghua, but also don't remember what her secret weapon looks like even though it's nerfed. ]

... Aliens are a foreign concept to you? Yeah, they settled on my planet a long time ago.

[nosediving]

It sounds like a number of us come from worlds where aliens have settled. The closest thing my world has is the demon realm, but even that's just a separate dimension within the same plane of existence . . . These aliens, what do they look like?

[symphonise]

[ She's not quite smart enough to fully conceptualize dimensional talk as something real just yet, so her brows furrow. ]

They look like clothes. They are clothes.

[ Yeah. ]

What are your demons like?

[nosediving]

[ What.

Does that mean Newt and Hector's respective worlds were invaded by . . . clothes? ]

Um, their appearances and abilities vary. The nu yuan chan, for instance, is comprised of a thick growth of hair. Those strands are inserted into the pores to feast on human flesh, blood, and energy, leaving behind only skin and bones . . .

[symphonise]

[ Yeah, that's exactly what that means.

Nonon scrunches her face up. ]

The end result sounds cool, but the method is disgusting.

[nosediving]

Cool?

[ He sounds lost, as well as a little mournful as he continues. ]

The last time a demon like that surfaced, it came from the river. The corpses of the young disciples it released were certainly cold . . .

[symphonise]

[ Oh, god, he's so old he doesn't even know cool.

She's just going to let him think that. ]

All corpses go cold eventually.

[nosediving]

[ This old loser sighs. As he expels the air from his lungs, so, too, does he the melancholy. ]

I don't mean to keep you here. I'm sure you've been wanting that cake, so let's break from this topic.

[symphonise]

[ She shrugs. She's fine with that. ]

Thanks for the cake.

[ She will eat it with gusto. ]