Not That Different

"Let's just say we are not that different," Xinghe answered slowly. Xiaoxi's jaw was dropped to the floor. What is she talking about‽ How are we not that different?

"Your… your father…"

"It's my mother," Xinghe answered softly. "She disappeared about 13 years ago, and just like your father, she said she was not of this world."

Xiaoxi was shocked beyond words. She didn't expect Xinghe to have gone through the same experience as she had. She thought she was the only one with such an experience in the world.

"I had no idea you are like this too…" Xiaoxi wheezed out in disbelief.

Xinghe nodded. "Initially, I thought I was the only one too, but I've met many ever since, including myself, you are the sixth."

"Sixth‽" Xiaoxi gasped. "There are at least six of us?"

"That's right. I wish to find our parents, and to do that, we need to figure out their secret. Tell me everything else that you know."