As sleep must, it eventually retreated from her mind and she was back in prison-hospital. Though, this time, Asha was sat next to her on a chair. It was weird, given the reaction of the man. And her memories, of being so terribly distraught...but it felt artifical, inflated somehow, like it wasn't what she was really feeling.

“Good morning Kiko. You are probably very distraught over what has happened with those men, it was quite the mess. But you did tell Alex about the Blood Moon. So I looked into it and I finally found record of what, exactly, it is you are going through” Asha started. Such definitive words made Kiko sit up, as much as she could in a hospital bed you were handcuffed to, and pay emphatic attention. The incredibly intense staring would probably be off-putting for others, but Asha had seen enough in her life to be steeled against that sort of thing. Most sorts of things, if she was honest. "If you are down for a history lesson, of course" she finished.

"I'm down for listening to you about anything" Kiko replied, only realizing the creepy stalker vibe after she said it. Didn't seem to bother Asha though.

“It stems back to the Great War. That fight was not our own, it seems. Ancient legends suggest that the sky was filled with chariots of fire as the denizens of the stars descended upon our planet to aid us. It’s mostly gibberish, but ‘denizens of the stars’ does seem to imply that there were people from other planets here at the time of the Great War.

Extra-terrestrial life has always been an interesting discussion, and while I wouldn’t say some ancient writing that seems to be using thematics in lieu of actual words is to be trusted entirely, it’s food for thought. In this, there is a mention of a woman who ruled over the Life of all who stood on the field. Cross-reference that with a later treatise on The Great War, with some professional translators, I might add. I can really appreciate the effort a man puts into something like this. An-"

Asha would look at Kiko, and then grin sheepishly. "Sorry. This woman who ‘ruled over the Life of all who stood on the field’ was recorded as the Queen of Blood. Name not put down, unfortunately. But, she had a small cadre of Kitsunes known as Blood Moon Kitsunes. They were entrusted with powerful runic enhancements that fed off blood and gave them physical abilities far beyond their kin. Today, there are very few hereditary inheritors of the Blood Moon Kitsunes, and these are often suppressed through medical concoctions.

Unfortunately, your body is too developed for those concoctions as you were not brought into the Kitsune fold until a week ago. So we didn’t catch it and as a result we didn’t manage to get you with what you needed. So, for the first time in a few hundred years, we have a chance to observe the full power of the Blood Moon Kitsunes.

From what Eternia and his people say, Your runic enchantments seem to have gone into overdrive and so their ‘vigorous appetite for battle’ seems to overtaken your ability to think rationally. We don’t have anything specific for a cure. Trans-planetary theorems are not exactly prolific. We are trying to repurpose the All-Range Communications Installation to broadcast into the stars in hopes of picking someone up, but we don’t have any idea who this Queen of Blood is or where she is or even who – if anyone – will pick up the transmission. We could be inviting horrific creatures to our world. We could be the last bastion in the entire universe after everything was destroyed by these Beasts from Beyond, and we are just talking to empty space.

We could get into contact with this Queen of Blood and she neglects to help us. She is a Queen, after all. There are a lot of variables we have to consider” Asha watched Kiko, and seeing the girl’s face fall slightly, decided to speak again. “That, is not to say we aren’t going to do it. Just that you are aware of what might happen in the future. As for now, we can’t do anything about it. So just, take what you now know and try to hold off the feeling if it comes again. You were caught off guard before, but in the future you'll know what is coming and should be able to dampen it down"

Asha's long monologue finished, and then she uncuffed Kiko from the bed and took a step back to give her space.

"Am I not...dangerous?" Kiko asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Are you?" Asha replied, a soft, gentle smile that buoyed Kiko's spirits and made her think. She could do this.

"I guess not"