"Are they really human?"
"Why is a human's hair so long? Why don't they look like me? Why is mine so short?"
"Hair grows longer. Why are you so dumb? Doesn't the fur on those guests you receive grow longer too?"
"But guests aren't the same as humans..."
"What's different about them? Aren't humans just an ordinary species of creature?"
"Ordinary... They definitely aren't ordinary. Humans must have some special ability."
"What ability? What did you find out?"
"I don't know. The human is right here. Why don't you ask her?"
"I'm not asking. If anyone's asking, it should be you. I'm afraid of scaring her. She looks kind of frail, short and skinny."
"Does she have nothing to eat? Or is she injured? Wait... I get it! Saving the world exhausted all her strength. What stands before us now is a dying shell. She dragged this body, on the verge of vanishing, all the way here just to bring us the long-lost truth!"
"Touched."
"Sad."
"Sorrow lies ahead."
"..."
Ever since the Screening Room's Servant had called these guys over, they had been chattering about Li Luo, and the topic had grown increasingly bizarre.
"Aren't humans white?"
"What do you mean, white?"
"I watched recordings before. Humans were all white."
"That was human clothing! Idiot!"
"Oh."
"Can humans release energy like we do?"
"Definitely. Humans should be stronger than us."
"What color is the energy she releases?"
"Maybe purple."
"Why does she look different from the humans I saw?"
"Her hair is different?"
"Not just that. Her gaze is so vivid, with a moon in her eyes, yet eternal crystalline frost clinging to their corners. Her pale face is like thin mist, her lips like half a withered plum blossom bleeding across rice paper. Even the few