“Come on Rose, won’t you finish,” there was something with her personality that made me act kiddy. I knew that whatever she was remembering was painful, or otherwise strange, but I also understood that it was something she had to get over.

“Oh, aren’t you curious,” Rose took advantage and teased me, “Well alright. We’re done here, so let me walk you home.”

“While I would like to hear the rest on the way, are you really done here? Don’t you want to see why they’re so aggressive towards Clara.?”

“No. If everything is fine, then she’ll turn up tomorrow at my place. That’s why you didn’t say anything to Rufus, right?”

“Well, it’s just that he seems a little more composed. I wanted to stay so I could tell him that I was fine, but he was busy.”

Rose stopped at a moment and looked me in the eye.

“Um, it’s really late. Today you did something grown up. You should know that you must get home now. You’re more of an adult than me, and you’re still in middle school.”

“Hey, that’s not true. I’m sure you had a tough challenge with the girl in the long dress. Would you please tell me?”

Rose seemed to cheer up a little, just for my sake when I asked her. I guessed that it felt farther away from tonight if the told in the form of a story.

“So, I saw this girl, and I could see since she was not conjuring a protective suit, that she had on a long dress. No wait, I already said that, and girl would be the last word I would use. She was more like a demon. She had power that made you afraid and presence that stifled every last cell in my body,” but Rose spoke awfully slow.

We had already arrived at my house and she didn’t reveal anything.

“Oh, it’s so late,” she yawned, “Could you spot me some money for a taxi?”

At the door, I leaned against her and in my tired spew said, “No! You have to tell me the truth so you can feel better.”

“For me to feel better, huh? No, I think I’ll cope a little differently. After all, everything ended well.”

“I’ve learned today that there is so much more out there. I must know. Plus, whatever you said right now went against the tidbits from before we left.”

“Okay, the reason I mentioned her clothes so much is because it’s one of the ways to gauge her character. Now, where was I really…,” but this time maybe Rose continued with too much enthusiasm. She had more for me than for herself apparently.

Rose went on and mentioned how when she was completely blocked by this ‘demon’ she finally got the see her in detail. She had a doll face, and strange additions to her aqua blue hair. A long dress was also a poor descriptor for her outfit too. After thinking about it for a bit, she recalled that her dress was more like a full suit. Something totally unsuitable for battle.

“Her eyes, goodness. It was like an eternity passed. Usually you can empathize when you look into another’s eyes, but they were so listless that I think she felt bored, or even annoyed,” she added, “You do understand that word, right, listless?”

“Yes, of course I do. Anyway, tell me if she said anything to you, and what kind of magic did she use again?”

“It means she wasn’t enthusiastic at all- huh, what? Alright, Alright, honor roll. She used a strange move with her fist. It didn’t absorb or deflect my lightning magic, but rather she ‘broke my spell’. It was a strange technique that made it like I never cast any magic at all, but my stamina was still gone.”

“So she blocked it completely. You sure did a number on those summoned beasts but Josten’s subordinate was able to no-sell your thunderbolts.”

“Different from blocking. And while I found her huddled over the contraband, I really doubt she was a subordinate at all.”

“Yeah, it was strange. We can agree that she was surely the client since she didn’t step in at all for Josten. And you mentioned that she had a strange implement on her waist,” I nodded.

“Right, it was from there I felt the source of magic when she used her ‘break’ technique. I know that I’ve always exaggerated or pretended before, but only for today I’ll give the closest recollection of the dialogue between us:”

I doubted what she said from the very start.