Vaan kept a straight face. The girl was right; that was one thing they could agree on. He felt his blood boil slightly. The way the girl said "Monster" it was obvious she was using the legitimate name for his race as an insult. He hated that. Sure, monsters were basically the scum of the world and he accepted that, even liked it. But to say the word like there was something<span style="font-style: italic">wrong</span>with being a monster...? That just pissed him off, yet the entire human race seemed to have taken in the word as a regular insult. Some even called their fellow humans monsters. As if. A human could<span style="font-style: italic">never</span>match up to being a monster.<br/><br/>"No," he snipped. "All they told me was that I was supposed to work with some human priestess to help avert tragedy. Naturally I refused from the start, but they really didn't give me a choice in the matter. So you're stuck with me, and if you don't like it, take it up with them."