"This is for my sake, Yang. I do not wish to burden myself with the idea that I have done wrong to you," Rei said. She sighed and rubbed the back of her neck. "Tell me, have you managed to collect a good number of beast cores while you were in the mountains?"
"I don't think I owe you any answers in regards to that," Li Yang said.
Rei and Setsuko blinked at his response.
"... Hah, it's been quite some time since you've been here, but you're the same as ever." Rei stifled a laugh and shook her head. "You're still as rude as the day I first met you."
Setsuko glared at Rei. "Well, he's right. He doesn't owe you anything, and you're the one prying."
"For the love of all things godly and good, it was a harmless question!"
"Regardless, I won't say anything." Li Yang said.
