(final review pending until she eats at a nice restaurant and sleeps in a fancy hotel probably) - continued / @riverdebt !
May nods and hums as appropriate, quietly cataloguing every word spoken into a neat little pile of theories and connections in her head. Her little smile has curved into a wider one - into something a little sharper, a little more intrigued by the picture being slowly painted to her, piece by piece.
"Afterlife, you say? That certainly explains a lot." A hum, as she rolls a few of her thoughts like dice, clattering about, before gluing them all together in her head. "Well, if you want such a honest opinion, then why not? Though do mind, I've only seen very little of your beloved city - a tourist only visits for so long before they stop being a tourist, after all. But let's see now..."
The woman folds her arms and glances elsewhere: to the glittering lights around, the dark alleyways between, the neon skyline ahead, glamour and gloom in steep but consistent contrast. The sun has had yet to show its face since the Nephilim set foot here - possibly her sense of time has become muddled, or the sun is non-existent. Or maybe they're underground? This pale stranger did say "afterlife", didn't they...
"—It's a pitiful place," she starts, blithely. Still smiling, pointed and curious, but there's a distant quality to it too now. "Pretty on the surface, dull beneath. The ratio of pleasant faces to unpleasant ones is quite uneven, if you ask me. Ah, though you might not believe me when I say that! After all, the streets are so bright and colorful, and everyone appears to be making the best of things. But behind closed doors, it seems to be a different matter?"
A pause, before the woman giggles. "Oh, I probably shouldn't have said that last bit. You can only see behind closed doors when trespassing - and from the sounds of it, you seem like the law-abiding type. But it's not my fault if the doors aren't working as they should, right? Hmm—I guess as a tourist, perhaps my number one feedback is that you should all have better doors? Unless the infrastructure of this city is meant to be so dysfunctional."