Chapter 355: Discussions
The girl turned around slowly, gripping the crystal pendant in her hand, unsure what she should say. J seemed friendly enough, but she wasn't sure how far that friendliness went. She wasn't sure if he actually saw the pendant or if he was curious as to what had held her attention.
Although, she hoped that he hadn't seen it. If he did, then there wouldn't be a way she'd be able to get out of showing it to him. Or at least that she could think of.
She hadn't realized that he'd finished discussing whatever with the bird, so she hadn't thought to keep an eye on him. So, now here he was and she wasn't sure how to continue keeping the crystal pendant a secret. A secret she wasn't sure she really wanted to share even now.
"Was I looking at something?" she asked, hoping he would let the matter go.
However, rather than saying anything, J merely held his hand out. Yet, she wasn't willing to admit defeat about the matter, so she looked behind J, hoping to see if she could see the bird.
Maybe there was a way she'd be able to redirect this situation.
"What were you talking about with the bird?"
She hoped he'd turn to look at the bird, but instead he merely shrugged and kept his eyes on her. "Nothing really, just about how much to tell you about who you really are as well as how to get out of the trap we've apparently fallen into."
The girl blinked. What did they mean 'about who she really is?' Did that mean that the reason J seemed familiar to her was because she somehow knew him? That he wasn't just some stranger who had taken a liking to her?
"Wh-what did you decide?" she asked, her throat suddenly dry, the crystal pendant in her hand completely forgotten.
J sighed, looking like he'd rather talk abut something else. "Well, apparently the bird doesn't think that there's a problem with letting you know all that I can tell you, but I'm not sure that there wouldn't be any backlash."