Chapter 70
I kept silent for a few seconds to let it sink in.
Alyssa slowly nodded, a small smile on her face. Yolin was more surprised, and I noticed she had a worried expression.
Lapia spoke first.
"I had my suspicions." she smirked. "When you told us your trial was in Hell, I questioned your knowledge. Did you learn things from a demon? I doubt it. While you Halves are ignorant, you’re more like an empty shell as far as I know. How come you know of atoms, music, and art? Where do these preconceived notions, like what a relationship should be, come from? Now I get an idea why. My guess: the world you lived in was similar to ours."
My eyes were wide open.
"How come?" I asked. "I mean, I don’t really talk that much."
"Really, Natasha?" the Elf raised her eyebrows. "Why would you be surprised by our culture if you don’t have a previous world-view? When I first told you about Gods, you didn’t ask what they were. Instead, you were surprised there was a ’living one’."
I nodded. "Point taken."
"True..." Alyssa began. "When we met, you asked me if we were going too fast. Now it makes sense."
"Were you as powerful as you are now?" Yolin asked.
"I wasn’t. There was no E’er over there." I sighed. "I guess a bit of context wouldn’t be bad."