บท 154: Do You Remember When, Sphinxlin Smith?

Once outside of the apartment, I gave a brief stretch and was about to turn when a vaguely familiar voice spoke up beside me, startling me. What was with these people today, or was my brain just that fogged and filled up?

"Do you remember when I asked you about becoming one of your…" Kieta, the Sphinxlin, started to say to me but then exploded with light brighter than I had seen yet.

I had screamed yes in my head, only in frustration at being startled again, but it seemed to have some kind of effect on the change and intensity of it. The light was so fierce that the reflection from off the wood made it impossible to even turn to look until it was over.

The moment it started to fade, I turned quickly to see the older woman because I was worried about how her body would handle the change. I was glad I did and grabbed Kieta out of the air as her body rag-dolled.