human
Echidna:  "So then what is this place? Why do you think there’s a balcony here?"
gpt
Subaru:  "I have a theory about it. Three days ago…do you remember what happened in the desert?"
human
Echidna:  "Three days ago, so before we reached the tower? It’s more than a little bit chaotic, but…"
gpt
Subaru:  "While we were being chased by oiran bears, we were attacked by a white light. Apparently, that was Shaula’s work, right? So that’s what this is."
human
Echidna:  "Her vantage point for watching the desert?" Subaru snapped his fingers when Echidna finished. Her hypothesis made sense. And Shaula had used what she called her Hell’s Snipe to hit anyone who started to come close to the tower. Thinking about it, I had wondered where she did it from since there weren’t any windows or anything to look out from…
gpt
Subaru:  "Most likely, there are several places just like this one all around the tower’s outer wall. From the look of the desert out there, this isn’t the angle we approached from."
human
Echidna:  "And the birds?"
gpt
Subaru:  "The birds are a puzzle. They don’t react when I touch them. But they do seem to have body warmth, so they aren’t fabrications. If possible, I’d like to autopsy one, but…" Looking down at the bird beside her, Echidna’s eyes were callous and cold. But she pulled her hand back and looked at her fingertips.
human
Subaru:  "I can’t strain Ana’s body any more than I already have. It would be simple if you strangled the bird for me, but…"
gpt
Echidna:  "If it’s something that needs to happen at some point, then sure, I guess…" Since being summoned to this world a little over a year ago, Subaru had gotten used to hunting birds and wild rabbits. Of course, killing something for food was a far cry from killing it for an experiment…
human
Subaru:  "Eating it after killing it would be more…"
gpt
Echidna:  "Right, there’s also the problem of food stores. So I’d like to request, say, twenty of them."
human
Subaru:  "I’m sure they would start moving if I killed one, wouldn’t they?"
gpt
Echidna:  "…I can’t deny that." Echidna pensively covered her mouth when she heard Subaru’s concern. The birds did not react to their violent conversation. They simply watched the two outsiders in silence. Subaru stopped himself from going further down that line of thought when the idea of a sky burial came up.
human
Echidna:  "If we’re doing that, we should make proper preparations first. For now, it can wait."
gpt
Subaru:  "They don’t seem like they’ll run away, either. Okay, that’s fine then. Honestly, it’s hard to imagine learning anything useful from examining these birds anyway."
human
Echidna:  "Please stop saying things that make it sound like your inquisitiveness or lust for knowledge got the best of you."
gpt
Subaru:  "…?" Echidna really did not seem to know anything about the Witch’s temperament, but even so, the way her actions seemed to resemble the original made it impossible for Subaru to relax. So he ignored that and asked a question aimed more at the un-Witch-like spirit Echidna part.