Page 179 of Light Leech

Naoma: I guess it is, but I want to make sure everything he says lines up with what you have seen me do. The serpent and all that, you plug?

Petya: I plug. So what have you been up to?

Naoma: Chilling with Akna when I’m not trying to catch up on sleep.

Petya: How’s she doing? Boyband said she’s been having some problems with her Gui?

Naoma: Did she tell you how he’s helping her sleep at night? Aren’t they soo cute together?

Petya: Haha, yeah he told me about it but says it isn’t anything more.

Naoma: Even if it isn’t, I’m glad she has a friend. It’s hard to pick and choose with such a small group of people. I know you and he are really close, but it’s easy to see Akna feeling like an outlier being so new. I was somewhat sentient as the Neon Idol and never saw the need for friendships like this. Fame and fans don’t matter compared to people like you, Ralia, Akna, and so forth. You all mean a lot to me. Not just you, Petya, but the whole group. I know and accept that you’re all imperfect, but so am I. It might be hard to believe my gratitude is genuine when you see yourselves as semi-cannibalistic monsters, but you have no choice. I don’t need to go over all of this again. I just wanted to voice it in case you are ever feeling down.

Petya: Thanks. I need a reminder like that every now and then.

Naoma: Back to Akna, yeah, she’s doing fine, given what she has told us she is experiencing. She’s always amped up out of fear or half-awake due to sleep deprivation. Boyband led me to believe it was because she was having problems with her Gui as well, but it doesn’t seem like that is accurate.

Petya: What is it then?

Naoma: You know how Ralia has problems with her Gui? Like personal problems?

“All too well,” Zhu snorted

Petya: Yes.

Naoma: Well, it’s not like that. She used to be apprehensive about having a spirit within her, or whatever it is, but she’s since overcome that with Boyband’s help.

Petya: And he sure loves his.

Naoma: That’s what she said. Now that she’s opened herself up to it, it’s trying to take control.

Petya: Like, take over her mind?

Naoma: No, more like it’s trying to steer her. She can’t relax because it keeps showing her odd visions and telling her to go somewhere. She doesn’t think it’ll stop until we listen.

Petya: Where does it want her to go?

Naoma: Near her home in the southern Republic. It wants her to go to some ancient ruins, or that’s at least what she said. She describes it as a temple of some sort.

Petya: Huh.

Ralia: Oh, and now that she’s more comfortable with us, she wants to make sure we call it South America, not the Southern Republic.

Petya: Oh yeah, did I slip?”

Naoma: Oh, you knew about it already?

Petya: That a lot of the south wants to count themselves separate from the Republic? I mix up the names but try to stick to South America.

Naoma: Yeah. I guess she’s right in being proud of her home with the mess the Republic is right now. We’ll chat about that later though.

Petya: Sure, I guess we don’t have any specific direction after the moon.

Naoma: Yeah, I understand that might change, but this is something to keep in mind.

Petya: Thanks for letting me know.

Naoma: Just don’t let it overburden you, okay? I’ve been around you long enough to see the weight you hold with this family of yours. The only one who compares to you is Ralia.