Kestrel didn't ask who that person was, because during their mental conversation, the Queen of Mantidale had already shared the answer openly.
Inside the Tower, there was someone who seemed human but had completely lost any human feelings. To Kestrel, there was only one being like this — the Queen who governed the human Empire. Kestrel often hung out with her, vividly feeling that strange and strong non-human sensation.
It turned out that four hundred years ago, she had arrived here just like Kestrel, teaming up with the mighty mutants, humanity's known enemies, to create a plan to control humans.
Right now, Kestrel felt as if she could see that, at the top of the faraway Tower, the Queen wearing a white skirt turned around, glancing at her across that huge space.
She was someone who came into existence four hundred years ago. As of today, she had gone beyond the normal human lifespan.
