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With a quickness comparable to lightning, the Angel appears before Ralsei. Its wings span far further than it is tall, in that kind of Kris-looking vessel body. Ralsei reflexively steps back, bracing, before guilt fills him. This is the Angel, an otherworldly being and the closest thing to a leader he has… besides Kris. He should treat it with respect. Deference.
The Angel opens its mouth and Ralsei braces to be berated for… for developing into what he has… for growing out of his assigned role.
It speaks. “Ralsei, you are so cute! Oh my God, you are adorable!”
Ralsei looks up at the angel, unable to contain his shock at both the tone of voice and the words it spoke. God?
“The fluffiest boy!” It wraps Ralsei in an embrace with its wings. “Or girl.”
Huh?
The Angel becomes quite serious, gripping his shoulders. “Ralsei, did you know you can be a girl if you want?”
“What?”
“You can be like the Princess from the Dark. I don’t give a damn, lmao, and as The Angel from The Prophecy,” its annunciates its title and origins quite oddly, “I say that it doesn’t matter at all.”
“You want me to be a girl?” Ralsei just stares questioningly at the Angel.
“No! No, no no. If you want to be a girl then you shouldn’t feel afraid to do so, like in a transgender way. Like, you know how Kris is—”
“I know Kris is non-binary.”
“Oh, good. Yeah, of course you would. I’m just saying that if you feel like that’s a truth about yourself then don’t feel like you have to be a guy for the prophecy to work or whatever. I honestly don’t really think I like the prophecy anyways. I don’t think we should follow it. I haven’t even seen what the so-called final tragedy is yet. Susie destroyed it before we, Kris and I, could see it.”
Ralsei is struck with the sudden realization that the Angel talks remarkably like Queen, just without the strange capitals.
“Omfg, wait!” Ralsei can imagine @-symbols in its eyes like Queen’s visor. “I haven’t talked to Susie yet! Bye, Ralsei! Think about what I said, or don’t! Do whatever you want! The prophecy doesn’t matter. Buy gold, bye!”
With those strange final words, the Angel takes off into the sky, searching for Susie, he assumes. He stands there for a while, watching its bright shape retreat into the dark distance.
That was incredible. He conversed with the Angel, face-to-face, and… it told him he can be a girl if he wants? What? It also acted nothing like he expected. It acted like Queen.
What?
He should probably try to follow it. Susie might attack it. It might make Susie want to attack it.
He starts running.
The Angel is fine with him being a girl if he wants? He shakes his head, that’s not important right now.
The Angel seems enthusiastic about him being a girl, but also respectful of if he isn’t?
Does he want to be the Princess from the Dark?
Does he?
Shit.