"So you're saying...that the machine converts living objects into crystals?" Her eyebrows are arched suspiciously.

"Basically. She called it a Condenser." He grimaces.

"Oh." She stares at the book in her hand. Lately, she's been reading it. A lot. "It just said something about getting rid of you."

"Well, I suspect her plan was to make me into a...stone." He winces at his own words. "And then shoot herself with it."

"What good would THAT do?" The girl's eyebrows have reached her hairline.

"I guess she'd get all my talents. And I do have many talents." He smirks.

She rolls her eyes.