"Kiwi? Why are you here?" I asked, eyes wide in disbelief.
That brown hair, combed right down the middle and that long staff, a very durable staff, I remembered it well.
As I instinctively took a few steps back, my voice lowered. "Don't tell me... you're here to take revenge for Black Eagle?"
If Black Eagle was involved, this was very bad.
But Kiwi just shook his head, calm as ever. "No. I already left that group."
He looked me straight in the eye.
"I came here to meet you… and your friend."
I was confused, questions bubbling in my head, but before I could open my mouth, the mantis shrieked and charged again.
Damn this overgrown insect couldn't wait five seconds? Can you see we were in the middle of a conversation?
With a screech, it swung its remaining three bladed forelegs in a wide horizontal arc, aiming to turn Kiwi into half.
"Watch out!" I yelled, stepping back.
But Kiwi? He didn't flinch.
