The window glass not far from the bedroom reflected Talia and Hughberlian's profiles.
In their naturally cold eyes, the surging of emotions could not be hidden.
"Hughberlian, I cannot replace your real mother, nor do I understand how humans express their feelings at every moment. I can only interpret them through the human logic I understand, so please do not think I am a clumsy person."
Talia murmured.
"Tata, sometimes you are really silly."
Hughberlian smiled.
Talia looked at Hughberlian in astonishment.
"You clearly always do a very good job, yet you still worry that you haven't done well enough. It's the same with distance—clearly you're already very close, yet you still worry whether the other person might dislike you."
Hughberlian explained.
"Is that so."
A flash of relief crossed Talia's eyes, and a trace of a smile appeared imperceptibly at the corners of her mouth.
"Yes."
Hughberlian nodded in confirmation.
"If there is anything you don't understand about humans, you can ask me. I will tell you everything I know. Although I am not quite human either, but... uh, it's still better than asking Lanchi."
She thought about it; among the friends whose identities Talia could be honest with, she really was the most human-like.
Lanchi was completely impersonating a human.
"Then from now on, I look forward to your guidance."
Talia responded softly.
"This is my Tata."
Hughberlian hugged Talia once again.
Whenever she met Talia, she would turn into a facehugger, but she could not control herself.
Talia did not move, letting Hughberlian hug her like that for a long time until she was released.
"...Does he know?"
Talia finally asked.
"...He knows."
Hughberlian knew that the "he" Talia referred to at this moment was Lanchi, and what Talia pointed to was the fact that she