Questions. That was what going through Niks' head as he saw the impossible in front of him. The more he tried to answer those questions, the more baffled he grew as most of the answers he found turned to be either stupid or unlikely. A brief look at the girl showed that it was a shared sentiment, although probably for a different reason. He considered of leaving there and then, but knew that doing so would cause the question to keep gnawing his mind. Approaching her would allow him to ask directly but had its own risk, yet he defeated her once, he could repeat it again. With confident stride, Niks approached the girl. He opened his mouth to greet, but said what was in his mind.
"How can you be alive?" he said.
"I better then them," she replied, nodding her head to the two very deceased elves lying nearby. She had confused his vague question with, "How did you survive that battle?". She still stared at him in surprise, but had since closed her gapping mouth.
Niks blinked before understanding that his question was misunderstood. He then repeated it, "But, didn't you die before?"
"Hmm..." she pondered. Most people dont have to think about such an important event, as if they might have forgotten about it. Either you remember dying or you didnt die. However, for some reason she wasnt convinced that she had never died before. Actually, it seemed like she had somehow died multiple times. Or did she? She had vague memories popping up in dreams every once in a while, but those were just dreams, right? Or could she really reincarnate like the stories people told of her back home? Was this copy cat around while she had previously died? Her brain hurt from all of this pondering.
"You tell me?" she replied as a question rather then a statement, as her head tilted to the side. She was feeling slightly better from the time she was able to rest while talking to him so was no longer dizzy or weak feeling. The wounds still hurt, but only as dull throbs, and there was hardly any blood dripping down anymore, a sign that her body was already doing its work in healing her. Just a few more minutes and she would be able to move around like normal again and re-enter this fight. Her rage against the elves had subsidded greatly after taking it out on her recent opponents, but she still needed to wipe out the rest of the attackers before they could do to much more damage.
"Umm, you know who I am, yes?" Niks slowly asked as he tried on imitating his own voice, to a degree as no living being can speak like he did. He mentally grumbled although it seemed that the girl had a memory loss regarding this issue. He probably could use this to his advantage and learn on how she revived herself.
"Umm...some sort of big meanie?" She answered, not knowing for sure what he was or if she did in fact know him. She had a vague feeling that she had heard his voice before somewhere not too long ago, so perhaps he wasnt lying when he was acting that they did, in fact, know each other. He didn't ring much of a bell in her head yet, but perhaps he would say something a little more useful if they kept talking.
"No? Huh, funny...." Niks said as he pondered, tail swishing about. If she did lost memory then he should probably just lie and twist things around. If all worked nicely, he'll learn how he revived herself and a new minion.
"Not funny. You confusing!" She said, pointing an accusatory finger his way. "Why you copy me?" She added. This conversation didnt make much sense at all to her.
"Not copy! You...my friend! Friends share looks all the time!" Niks lied, somehow taking an indignant tone over being called a copycat. Then he slumped his shoulder as if he was sad, "Until that...stupid meanie killed you..." Niks added, mentally cursing the girl's somehow limiting his words. He stopped there to see if he had the girl's attention and if she believed it.
Her tail was now the one swishing as she was in thought, considering what was being told to her. Could she trust this random look-a-like so easily? She was naive in some regards, but perhaps that would be a little too naiive. Still, it would be worth investigating further. She gave a hesitant nod, although didnt look too sure of herself when she did so.
"Why you here?" She questioned. "I busy fighting big meanies with pointy ears. Town people in trouble. Will help?"
If this person was her friend then she'd try and help her out in taking care of the rest of these attackers.
Niks paused to decipher what the girl meant before giving what he hoped appear to be an eager nod, "Didn't plan to, but you here, so I'll help." Not really something he'd do otherwise, but the notion of a free revival was a tempting one.
He gave a flap on his wings and looked at his 'friend', "Where to?"
Evvie smiled for the first time today. So this person was friendly after all. She pondered about his question, but it didnt take very long to come up with their next target. It was that huge monster that had killed the bear and was now threatening the civilians. She pointed to it with her right hand.
"That thing. The big, big meanie!" She answered.