Homunculi a replacement for slaves.

As they spoke, Ossa felt presences seemingly appearing out of nowhere into the cave.

"Back up?!" he thought, choosing to ignore them for now.

"Do you think those bad guys could hurt the current you?" Ossa asked Bel.

"No, but there are stronger humans," she said, remembering her last encounter with Breydan and his group when they were escaping after Ossa's supposed death.

"So to conquer your fear, what must you do? You must be stronger than them, or are you just afraid humans will never like you? I like you, or is my love not enough?" Ossa joked, trying to lighten the mood.

"You are enough... Your love is enough," Bel took Ossa's words to heart, hugging him tightly.

Bel, now a bit cheered up, engaged Ossa in small talk as they walked, adding the omega into the conversation.

After a couple of minutes of walking , they exited the cave.