Reiko woke early, and found herself in her human form. The human—Butler—was still asleep.
She started rummaging through his things. She found a snack, munching on some cheese as she resumed the search for her hoshi.
Where was it? Did that meddling human Artemis Fowl take it? No! She must be free!
She jumped as something clattered to the floor.
Reiko knelt and picked it up. Her hoshi! The talismans stung, obviously the work of that Fowl boy, but she fought through the pain and took it.
Now she planned to esca—
A gun was pointed to the back of her head. She felt the cold steel against her.
"Don't move. Stand up slowly and tell me who you are."
Reiko's glamour shattered.
"F-Fox?"
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Butler couldn't believe what he was seeing, though he should be used to it by now.
He lowered his gun.
"The name's Reiko." She said. "Put that thing away, ningen."
"My name is Butler." He said. "You know that."
Reiko turned, a trickster's smile on her face. "Your name is Domovoi."
Butler tried to hide his delight at hearing his name from her lips. He hadn't expected her to be so pretty.
"So you're going to leave now?" He looked at the hoshi in her hand.
Reiko smirked. "Now why would I do that?" Her smile widened. "It was just getting fun.