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Alvin, Jude, and Milla was walking down the woods somewhere in the afternoon, heading to their destination which would take a while to reach. But one day, Alvin decided to start with a conversation that soon became very interesting.

"So, why bother taking human form at all?" asked Alvin.

"Spirits are really just masses of mana. They can't ineract with the temporal world in that state," explained Milla. "For a spirit to take physical form, it needs a catalyst of a corresponding element. As an example, the fire spirit, Efreet, can take form as a blazing inferno."

"And as Maxwell, you can be any element, right?" wondered Jude.

"The human body contains all four elements, so it's the perfect catalyst for me to take a physical form."

"What would happen if you lost your catalyst?" asked Alvin.

"I would gather elements to make a new one. But I'd have to wait for it to grow up."

"Grow up? You mean, you start as a baby?" Jude said, surprised.

"It's time-consuming," admitted Milla, sighing. "But if you want to use a human form as a catalyst, you have to wait for the body to develop."

"Let's just be grateful she didn't go with the male model, eh?" said Alvin, a bit relieved.

Jude shrugged. "Wouldn't bother me."

"Oh? You swing both ways?" teased Alvin, placing an arm around her shoulders.

Jude blushed at what he said and his contact with her. "W-what?! No! That's not what I meant! I'm perfectly straight!"

Alvin chuckled and ruffled her hair. "Come now, I was only joking."

"Hmm...you know, recently, I've been making observations of you two," admitted Milla, thinking hard. "And I could only think of a few reasons why after seeing you two contact with each other."

"Uh...contact with us how?" asked Jude.

"Why, the way you are right now. Alvin's right arm is around your shoulders. That got me curious, then I remembered one of the books I read before, which happened to be, 'Interactions with Men and Women.'"

"Just where and when did you get these kinds of books?!" exclaimed Jude, turning more red in the face.

Alvin grinned, now curious about this sort of conversation. "Oh? Do go on, oh great Lord Maxwell."

Jude blushed more red and quickly shouted, "No, no! Don't! We're fine! I-MMPH! MMPH!" Before Jude could finish, Alvin covered her mouth with his hand, preventing her from speaking as she struggled to pull his hand off her mouth, but that only caused Alvin to hold onto her tightly.

"It's alright, Milla. Jude just had...something in her mouth. Continue."

"MMPH! MMPH!' Jude's eyes widen and she shook her head, still struggling as her face turned more and more red.

Milla nodded. "Very well. Well, from what I can remember, the first reason is that the males perfer to have...some sort of sexual activity with the female."

Alvin didn't know what was more amusing, that the girl he was holding was turning more and more adorably red, or what Milla was telling him. Nah, probably both. "Yup, go on."

"Second, well, I suppose with either the male or female seduces one another for romantic interests."

Jude covered her eyes with her hands, knowing full well she couldn't pry off Alvin's strong grip on her mouth. The least she could do is try to hide her embarrassment, which only satisfied Alvin even more.

"Finally, I remember the book saying that if both male and female love each other with their affections, they tend to make love, althought I have no idea how to 'make love.'"

"Hmm...very interesting indeed," said Alvin, smirking as he turned to see Jude completely red in the face. Heck, even his hand over her mouth was warm due to the hot warmth of her red face.

As soon as Alvin released her, Jude whirled around with an annoyed and embarrassed look on her face. "A-Alvin! What gives?!"

"Just couldn't resist, kiddo. By the way, that red face looks real hot on you."

"Sh-shut up!"

Milla was thinking carefully. "Although, humans do have multiple reasons for doing other activites, but-" Suddenly, her stomach growled, indicating she was hungry.

Jude got curious and turned to the lord of spirits. "By the way, Milla? Before you met me, have you ever eaten?"

"Not really. I drew all substance I needed from the Four."

"Oh..."

Alvin whispered to Jude, "Someone gotta tell her how humans defecate, and it's obviously not going to be me."

"O-okay...it's only natural, seeing I'm a girl and she's a girl."

"Yup! Go get them, kid!" cheered Alvin, patting her on the back. "Oh, and make sure you explain to her all about lingerie and underwear and the whole time of the month you girls usually have."

"Why do you even know this stuff?!"

"Hey, I'm a mercenary. That's why."

"That's not a good enough answer."

"You're not a good enough answer."

"That doesn't make sense!"

"You don't make sense."

"Gah!"

Milla pondered on something as she watched the time of them argue. "Hmm...I always wanted to see humans argue...so they converse in complete, pointless conversations involving themselves...interesting..."


Last chapter before I go to sleep! Read and review!