"Now you can ask those three questions I promised."
Elisira couldn't speak for a few seconds. After everything she had seen, countless questions were spinning in her mind.
But even after all that had happened, her biggest question still hadn't changed. The question that, among all her questions, was at least the most important to her.
And also the reason she had been willing to risk getting that book.
All of it, just to find out what this monster really was.
"What… are you really?"
Daniel remained motionless for a few seconds. A gentle wind moved among the tree's massive roots.
"My name is Daniel. I was human once, but now? Even though I am still human on the inside, I don't think I am considered a human anymore." And then he said very simply.
There was no lie in his words. He really was still almost exactly like a human emotionally. He had all the emotions and emotional abilities of a human.
