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[reverentresistance]

The Queen's power has to be less than God's... So why do you think He lets us be brought here? This goes a little beyond giving us free will, don't you think?

[Ky's unsure herself, but there's no way to gain certainty. She can only find out what other people are thinking, and that for some reason feels particularly important.]

What purpose are we serving here?

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[reverentresistance]

Were your parents both youkai?

I suppose that since we're from different worlds things could have worked differently on yours, it's just...unfamiliar to me.

[undefines]

...I don't know anything about that. Even among youkai, I'm the only one of my kind I've ever heard of.

[reverentresistance]

You don't know where you came from?

...I'm sorry.

[undefines]

Not at all. [And she grins, since the information seems to have stopped Ky short.] I didn't have a name for a long time, either. "Nue" is just what the humans started to call me. "Houjuu" is a title I took for myself.

[And, then, she shrugs, not really seeing the need for condolences.]

Is it really that important to know who your family is? I am what I am. It's not like finding that out is going to change anything about that.

[reverentresistance]

I don't remember my family all that well, but it's still important to know who they were. And certainly I've been surrounded by others like me, and it's people that I understand.

[undefines]

Oh, yeah? And just what makes it so important?

[reverentresistance]

Because it's an important part of who I am. Knowing that I had parents and they loved me...

[At least it's been a comforting line of thoughts, like God's love.]

[undefines]

[She just shrugs.]

Who my parents were doesn't make a difference to me. I'm still myself.

[reverentresistance]

It might not be conscious awareness, but you wouldn't be you without them.