"I do not understand..." Yukina's head was tilted slightly to the side when she heard Aderyn and Islwyn saying that Raven isn't alive anymore due to the loss of her "spark". As someone who doesn't know the deeper aspects of magic, Yukina also didn't have an idea of what they meant when they said the term. She looked at Raven, and back to Aderyn and said, "She is very much alive. She can move, talk, understand, think, choose, and even feel. She might be different like you are to us humans, but she is very much alive."<br/><br/>"Addy, Jappy 'ere ain't gonna get shit if ya' keep usin' words lik' 'spark', yanno?" Neo intervened. "She ain't into magic. What she unda'stands is da word 'soul', yo'. An' vampy ain't got no soul no mo'. Das why she needs ta eat on bums who gedda shit end o' tha' stick to keep walkin' an' attention-'horin'. As fo' me, she looks fuckin' hot fo' wha's really a cold-ass stiff, so I get a stiffy fo' her, 'cause she keeps whinin' w'en ya' fuck aroun' 'er mind. It dun matter to me if she's actually dead."<br/><br/>"But Neo-san," Yukina was about to ask. "How do we know she does not have a soul?"<br/><br/>"I don't need such," Raven answered for him. "I have transcended long ago from such limitations. I am beyond life and death. So, why do I need a soul. Maybe I don't have one, but does it matter? I have no need for it."<br/><br/>"Maybe you say that you do not need a soul, but maybe you do have one." Yukina walked closer to Raven while looking directly to her eyes. She was feeling curious and questioning as she observed her facial features from different angles. "You act human and it shows. You have a personality. You said you feared that Neo will kill you and made you beg for your life. You care about other vampires and you are doing this for them, right? Maybe you are not dead as anyone thinks. Maybe you died and brought back to life, but was given abilities greater than what we humans can do. Maybe you do have a soul."<br/><br/>Raven was puzzled by Yukina's evaluation of her as a creature. She didn't understand how she could have a simplistic approach to everything that was said to her. "...How could you say such things? The whole question of my nature isn't as simple as you think it is. There is something more complicated about this, and it is naive to think that things can be easily answered."<br/><br/>"Maybe because no one can know anything for sure," Yukina said directly, with a smile. "If there is anything that not growing old and dying have taught me, Neo-san, and Rattus-san that stayed with us, is that even the oldest creatures can never have all the answers, can never solve all the problems, and can never see it all. Maybe souls or sparks are not the answer to the question. Maybe the question is wrong. You are right, things can never be easily answered. That is why I believe, for now, that you have a soul. Or a spark. Whatever it would be, maybe you have it and that is what I believe."<br/><br/>The reaction of everyone who heard Yukina speak were varied. Rattus just watched will all stoical calmness and indifference as he seemingly always does, while Neo folded one of his arms in front of his chest, the one having the hand cover his face out of amused disappointment. Raven, on the other hand, raised one of her eyebrows but she was still puzzled. Yukina's mindset still didn't make sense to her. "But I feed on creatures like you. Living, feeling, breathing creatures."<br/><br/>"Maybe in the same way with us humans as we eat plants and animals, but in different ways we do." Yukina replied.<br/><br/>"...Ugh." Raven looked sideways with resignation. "Believe what you must, but I have not need for a soul. Neither to the answer for the question." She walked away from Yukina, while the woman in kimono just looked at her as she did so.<br/><br/>Rattus turned to answer Islwyn regarding the drone. "According to the analysis of the details we have uncovered so far, the best course of action we can utilize at this moment, if we are to have a more reliable way of reconnoitering the Old Nuclear Research Facility on the outskirts of this urban area, is this unmanned aerial vehicle that can provide more detailed imagery of the target location's courtyard interior."<br/><br/>"The Williams brothers did say earlier that they tried to survey that Old Facility using their crow familiars," Beth chimed in. "And, with how they described it, the familiar almost go shot down with what Yukina deduced as a laser beam, due to its nature."<br/><br/>"Ergo, we have concluded that perhaps if we observe the location of interest from a longer distance, the directed-energy weapons employed by the occupants of that area will be outranged and we can, therefore, have clearer sight of their position." Rattus took out his flask to drink from it, before he continued to explain. "Another notable and interesting observation that Mister Luke Williams revealed is that he saw human-like figures wearing what appears to be hazardous-materials suits, carrying a device which he had a difficulty recalling and detailing, perhaps due to the duration and from what distance he saw it from."<br/><br/>"I can only presume that those strange devices are the laser weapons that were used to shoot down one of the crow familiars," She looked at the male fae. "But as such, it made us all beg the question of what nuclear facility have that can attract paranormal entities, which is the reason why you fae and the vampire woman are here, among others. After all, that place was used for scientific research, but now it is the center of a magical incident."