Jany: My gran used to tell me stories about the worlds Beings came from. I always thought she was exaggerating . . .
Bianca: “Came from”?
Jany: Yeah. Isn’t that what this–
Sparrow: There you are! Thanks for the flashy air battle, or I never would have found you.
Jany: What is she doing here?? Is she a ghost?
Bianca: No, it’s okay, this happens sometimes.
Sparrow: You got any theories? Because I’d love to hear them.
Jany: Could you be a Being yourself? The Sparrow, maybe?
Sparrow: I’ve been writing stuff all my life. And no luck with creating flashy sigils so far.
Jany: Any chance you’re descended from one?
Sparrow: Okay, let me rephrase: do you have any new theories?
The air battle is vaguely reminding me of the last episode of the Hellsing OVA. Or maybe it’s just from the association with Shine … Also – one of the invisible following here, thought I’d poke my head in and say how I regularly check the site and look forward to seeing what happens in the story. Keep it up!
Any new theories?
Okay.
Government testing on being-human genetics.
I think that might fall under “descended from them”.
I didn’t think either theory (is one, or descended from one) had been presented in-universe yet.
Sparrow discussed her ability with her mom, and then discussed the capability of Beings to reproduce and her own genetics with her mom in that context. Those conversations certainly look like what you’d do if you were investigating both theories, even if they didn’t state them outright. (If, when questioned on the matter, Sparrow’s mom seems to be hiding something, that’d be evidence in favor of something unusual having been involved in Sparrow’s conception and/or birth.)
*atomic breath attack* :D
Jany hiding behind Bianca from Sparrow is adorable.
Descendant of the wizard that bound the Beings to the Contracts in the first place?
I liked the debug view running processes thing
Kaiju energy attack fight.
so gozilla’s atommic thing is the base for dragon breath
Interesting. So… when the battle is over, will Sparrow return to where she was before it started – or will she have covered the real-world distance in this other dimension?
Do people in “battle-space” blink out of existence, anyway, or is it a “it all happens in a microsecond” kinda thing?
Sparrow… Now that’s an idea. Could Patrick say “I’m dog?” or even “I am a dog?” If so, can a Being say “I’m X” where X is some foreign-language predicate that sounds like a name but as far as they’re concerned isn’t?
Ooh. That’s a good question.