"A....date?"

The unthinkable happened. The Spacequake actually ceased its blaring noise until it dissolved into nothingness. Reika had been so startled by the sudden offer that she rested her hand down to her side and titled her head, eyes wide with curiosity. "What is a...date?" A sudden sensation of fur nudged her leg, and the pale girl looked down to see a cat purring next to her limb. Confused by all of this, Reika soon realized that the animal was displaying signs of affection towards her. Noting this and fabricating an appropriate reaction, the Spirit bent down to pet the small creature. Indeed, it would seem all was well with the world again.

But life is never that simple, is it? And some conflicts cannot simply be avoided on a whim. Reika blinked and stood upright when she heard a new voice...no, it was familiar but...different? It sounded different...Reika saw the woman from before walk up and begin to speak to her and the boy. But something was wrong...she wasn't cheerful anymore...and then the Spirit focused in on her words.

Why? The question was like a bullet to the chest. Why was she obsessed with the loss of a life? Because she had nothing else...because she had no other purpose without death. That's what she wanted to say to the woman...but Reika knew she would not understand. No human would understand that for her, death was her entire existence...and to be questioned on it was to be insulted.

A situation that could have been devoid of all violence had now just escalated into a killzone as the Spirit known as Reaper frowned at Mayumi, the barest sliver of anger seen in her red eyes.

"Do not...insult me! You shall be judged!"

Reika raised her hand again, and this time the Spacequake alarms became louder than before.