Anpa clearly had something of an affectionate nickname to it.
Of course, Jonas had no idea whether that was what she intended. Their circumstances were simply too different, after all. No one could claim to understand an "evil god" who had been imprisoned in an interstice of the Void Realm for countless years.
Perhaps it had no special meaning among her kind. Perhaps she had deliberately adopted a manner humans could understand to lower his guard.
At the very least, Jonas could not be certain that the being before him, who had lived for who knew how many epochs, would display emotions resembling those of a human girl.
He kept those thoughts off his face, nodded, and said:
"Understood... Anpa."
The white-haired little girl wasted no time on the matter. Her expression remained flat, betraying no emotion, and the stars wheeled around in the blink of an eye.
"Then, contractor, is there anything else?"
At that, Jonas hesitated for a moment before speaking.
"I suppose... not?"
"..."
After another stretch of silence, Annis Erdoka was the first to break it. Her voice reached him.
"Then let us part here, contractor."
Her voice was as ethereal and distant as ever, as though the shattered starfield itself were answering him.
"Before you come in next time, contact me through the Black Ring."
As her words fell, the scene before Jonas gradually began to blur.
He knew this meant he was about to leave this place.
"The power I left within the Black Ring is limited. Frequent communication will render it ineffective... unless it is something particularly important, simply awaken me through it. You need not come here."
"Also, other beings have already noticed you..."
"Please... stay safe."
The moment she finished speaking, the starfield around him, already on the verge of shattering,