"You've given us some inspiration, and next the Exorcist United Organization will consider whether we should collaborate with..." Rachel paused slightly, skipping words that would discomfort Anna, "whether humans should seek some help to combat the strange."
"Is that difficult?" Lu Li countered.
Apart from himself, he had not met other exorcists who were relatively friendly and unbiased toward the strange — perhaps he had simply encountered too few exorcists.
"People never trust the strange, even those that were once human," Rachel said, shaking her head softly.
Take Anna, for example.
Even if she did nothing, one day she would fall into the abyss due to the overflowing aura from the Inner World. She should have fallen long ago, but for some reason, she maintained her nature, a certain kind of nature.
It was like no one believed that someone could forever maintain the innocence of a child, as it was impossible.
"Tristan?"
