Real or not
Her head tilted to the side mimicking a very human-like confused expression.
"Warp? Means?"
Hao Xuan forced the laughter down since it wasn't appropriate and might even come off as rude, if she had developed such an idea already.
He tried to explain after clearing his throat.
"Um, warp means to change....I think, I hope. Like to twist or distort in the shape of something else. Warping reality would mean...making something out of nothing? Does that make sense?"
She shook her head for the first time.
"Well I don't know how to explain it any other way. Can't you just read my mind? That will be easier."
"I am allowed?"
"Yes, I give you permission. Just don't hurt me."
"Yes, hurt."
"No no, do NOT hurt. Do you understand what not means? It means to-" before he could explain what the word meant the ground beneath his feet cracked open and a red elastic tendril in the shape of a spider web shot out and impacted with the base of his skull.