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Multiple footsteps, multiple heartbeats - and not a single one she knew. How strange. She didn’t recall being asked to meet with anyone by Mr. Nostrade, and she was sure she hadn’t forgotten anything either.
"Can I help you?" she said. Best to let her words hang in the air - let those who were interested in her answer them.
He was caught of guard when the person before them, multiple steps away had heard him and Pitou. It was completely in their nature to move light and silent, that any normal human was able to detect them. Of course, from what he could tell, she was not normal, for there was a… different aura that surrounded her, one unique and uncommon.
"Depends." Came his response.
Eyes closed, ears listening… this woman detected their steps that made no sound. It was an impressive endeavor for a human as fragile as she - and this skill pleased and intrigued Neferpitou. “You must have exceptional perception to know we were coming.”
Two human voices... two very inhuman movements to match. She opened her eyes. Correction - two human-like voices. The two - creatures? Magical beasts? Beings? - in front of her could not be called human. To her credit, she blinked only twice before regaining herself.
"Thank you," she replied with a bow of her head and a somewhat humble tone. It was a chance to quietly assess them - to figure out if their heartbeats were decipherable. Until she knew that, it was best to be cautious. She suspected a similar line of thought was running through the head of the man with the curious antennae peaking through his bangs.
"It's nothing more than a good ear, I'm afraid." And if the slip of nen she felt was any indication, they were the exceptional ones. "This is probably a bit of a rude question but -" A single moment of hesitation - "What... are you? You aren't human, but you seem closer to that than any other thing I can think of."
