They Think I'm Hiding Behind Her

"So… Do you know them?" I asked Odeta.

She scratched her head, "I kind of have a feeling I do, Sister Aster… But I can't remember… Their moves seem familiar to me at least…"

I raised an eyebrow, "So… Are they like… Trained in the same place as you back before you met me or something?"

"Hmm? Oh not like that kind of familiar. It felt like I fought others who could do what they did before. Even the coordination kind of felt familiar…"

I frowned, "Former enemies then?"

She tilted her head, "Mmm… I don't think so either. I don't sense any killing intent from them so probably not? I dunno."

I guess I'll have to ask those boys directly then…

I went over to the group of boys who were still collapsed in a pile on the ground, all of them still lacking the strength to get up from where they lay.

"Hey, who are you guys?" I asked, poking one of them on the arm.

Another boy answered me instead, "We have nothing to say to you…"