"<i>I </i>did<i>think!</i>" Kital protested, pouting, as she lay where she'd landed atop the man's chest - though that was obviously untrue. The man was trying to say something, but the matsuba ignored him, flailing her fins dramatically. "<i>This is all a part of my plan! Watch, all I have to do is... is..."</i><br/><br/>She flopped her body back and forth, struggling this way and that, and at last, with a great deal of effort... managed to flip onto her other side, accomplishing little more than slightly adding to her victim's discomfort. The matsuba let out a small sigh, her fins drooping, and gave up the struggle, silently accepting her friend's assistance. This rescue was not going the way she'd imagined it.<br/><br/>At least her defeat gave Kital a moment to listen to what her friend was saying. She lifted her head slightly to get a better look at her friend, taking in the pieces of cloth wrapped around her body, and then glanced suspiciously back towards what she could see of the human's face. "<i>He was really helping you?</i>" She asked, her tone that of someone slowly coming to realize they were wrong but still reluctant to admit. She sighed again. "<i>I... guess maybe I overreacted. A little.</i>"<br/><br/>He still seemed weird, though. What kind of human helps a Lilim out? For that matter, what kind of human goes around trying to recruit...<br/><br/>Kital's eyes suddenly lit up. She flopped her tail excitedly against the man's body. "<i>Wait, he's some kind of Contractor?!</i>" She'd heard of such people - humans who would make deals with Lilim to share in their strength, take them on as companions, comrades and warriors. People who were brave enough, sometimes, to travel the world despite the dangers it posed to their kind. The matusba flopped her tail once more. "<i>Do you know what this means? We could form a contract with him! He could take us to see the world!</i>"<br/><br/>It hadn't occurred to the matsuba yet that he might not want to form a contract with her after being slapped in the face. That didn't seem like an important detail right now.