They're... one of the three races. They have no concern for the lives of anyone else, only their own. A few years ago, they destroyed much of my city and killed so many people just to get to one person.

[ her voice is strangely detached as she explains. ]

No human I know could be that careless. [ something tugs at the back of her mind as she says that, making her wince, but it's gone just as quickly as it came. ] Babo Kim did say that Haruka may have been ill. If Nikki is sick and passed it on, we should try to see if there's something we can do for her... or at least to prevent it from spreading further.