[h2][center]Lin Quan[/center][/h2]
Given how the newcomer had been reacting and Aries' own fear regarding the situation, Lin had (somewhat discretely) moved to stand in front of the other two girls. He had no real intent to get into combat, given how unsure he was about if he could even handle himself in a fight, but some part of him compelled him to act as a bit of a protector. When the spider-girl began to rush towards him, though, Lin adopted what [i]felt[/i] like a combat-ready stance for martial arts.

Of course, when the end result was Aries being hugged like some sort of plush toy, Lin stared blankly at the pair for a moment before dropping the stance entirely. Hearing the words that came out of the spider-girl's mouth soon after, though...

[i]"What the heck are you saying?"[/i] he asked in Cantonese, baffled enough to lapse into his mother tongue as he tried to make sense of the situation. [i]"Did you land on your head when you fell?"[/i]

After a brief pause, though, Lin quickly regained his composure and shook his head, deciding that the spider-girl—Ashewell, given her own comment—was not someone to actively harm the children. Her subsequent petting him on the head, though, caused the young man to take a step back in mild annoyance. Being treated like a child by a complete stranger was not something he liked all too much.

"Hm. Well, in any case... Moscow?" he finally asked, turning back towards the doll and nodding. "I grew up in Guangzhou and went to America for further education, but I do think that your comment about 'being alive' when I was clearly... [i]Not[/i] after that accident would give a reasonable theory about our current situation. Reincarnation, I would think, would be an apt descriptor. Or, rather, the transmigration of the soul into a new body...? But yes, we are alive now, and I do agree with your sentiment; travelling as a party would likely cut down on possible issues regarding safety and manpower. How about it?"

If she was like them—in short, a recently deceased person in a new body—then the moral standards of Earth would likely apply. Hopefully, that meant that they were normal enough to work with...

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