PC: Koharu

[trifocal]

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[cupidsammo]

Oh, sure—there's all sorts of huge parties out there all the time, I'm sure, but I...

[ She trails off, briefly, like she has to think about her words here. ]

... That's more of a human thing! So I definitely don't attend them.

[trifocal]

Human parties?

[ a weird look, like she just imagined something bizarre. and then, ] Oh! Right, human-people. Um.

Forgive me for asking, but what are you, then...?

[cupidsammo]

[ ??? ? ?? What other kinds of humans are there? ]

Haha, it's okay, just about everybody asks... But I'm just a cupid.

[trifocal]

Cupid? I'm... not familiar with that tribe.

[cupidsammo]

Ideally you're not supposed to be! At least, not as a real thing... Normally people aren't supposed to be able to see us.

[trifocal]

You're invisible? Or... you were?

[cupidsammo]

Yeah... I guess things are different here? For some reason. But on a normal day I'd be invisible to everyone.

[trifocal]

I wonder if a mustari would be able to see...? Oh, but I suppose we could not test such a thing now.

Are there other ways that you differ from other people?

[cupidsammo]

[ A what-now? ... She must be talking about herself, Koharu assumes, especially given that third eye of hers. Huh. ]

Mmmm... Just going by appearances, I look entirely like a human...

[ But the wings on her back shift a little. ]

Aside from these. It's basically the only giveaway.

[trifocal]

Oh...! I had thought they seemed a little different from ishkia wings.

[ sometimes people with wings are just normal. ]

[cupidsammo]

—Ishkia?

So that means you already knew Basilio and Fidelio, right?

[trifocal]

Oh, yes, only for a short time, but we all come from the same world.

[cupidsammo]

Thought so. They both asked if I was an ishkia too.

[trifocal]

I suppose anyone from Euchronia would think that. People with wings are a common sight on the mainland.

Are there many others like you?

[cupidsammo]

[ As well as other animal parts, apparently… And three eyes? ]

Mmhm! Lots and lots—you just wouldn’t ever know it.

[trifocal]

Wow... but isn't it difficult, to live while being unseen by so many people?

[cupidsammo]

Hahah, it's not so bad! If anything it makes our job a lot easier, so... Getting to roam wherever you want is pretty nice.

[trifocal]

Your job?

[cupidsammo]

Our job as cupids! ... But I suppose that means you don't know either, huh? Ah, that's to say... we help humans fall in love.

[trifocal]

Huh?

... You mean... human people, right?

...... How?

[cupidsammo]

Um.

... What other kinds of humans are there?

[trifocal]

Well...

... The "terrifying monster" type?

[cupidsammo]

[ ... ????¿ ]

W- wait, you call monsters humans?

[trifocal]

Th-the ones that are humans, yes...

They are a particular kind of monster that seem to defy nature and rationality. They know only malice and hunger, and appear as bizarre horrors that bring destruction in their wake...

[cupidsammo]

.... Huuuh? That's so weird... We don't even have real monsters where I'm from, so I'm kind of shocked to hear that!