Slip into the bath.

After the deep, dark, chilling waters of the bottom of the sea, the touch of the bathwater's steamy surface against your foot is heavenly. As you sink down into the pool-sized royal bath, your skin tingles to the sensation of burning heat embracing your body. Wafting clouds rise up from beneath your eyes, which glistens by the glow of magic lights covering the walls, and through such a dream-like view you cast your eyes upon an angel now standing right at the edge of the water. She may have a body similar to that of a doll, but this green-haired android is no inanimate object. The woolen towel slips down from her smooth body--a figure so slender yet curvy around her hips and the shape of her bust, and skin appearing almost as if varnished--before standing there in the steamy mist without a thing to cover her. But she welcomes your eyes, despite the blue glow across her face piercing through the cloud of steam.

As your eyes linger, she remains standing, as if allowing you to finish. She places the tips of her fingers against her blushing cheek, and her other hand slides slowly down her side to stop at her hip. There's one critical thing missing, however, to your disappointment. Her breasts are great and her stomach slim, though your eyes stop to stare where something is meant to be. Where her pussy should be seen, instead there's a vacant slot, like a computer missing its disk drive.

Surely she must know you can see this oddity. Still, she says nothing, and steps gently into the water to join you. She walks across the bath before sitting adjacent to you in the corner. While she has no reason to actually breathe, she lets out a sigh of relief as she sinks down slightly. Even if she was artificially made, she of course feels things all the same, and everybody loves a hot soak.

Eventually she looks to you with bright glowing eyes. She speaks softly and calmly, which isn't unusual, though it's moreso than usual. You can tell she's relaxed. That being said, she's a difficult girl to read as well. There must be a reason she's here. Though perhaps the reason is the obvious one, and there's nothing more to it.

"I heard of your adventure today from Snow," she says. "That you not only managed to survive an encounter with another Demon King, but also a mighty sea witch who was under the guise of the people's queen. You are certainly amazing, Kyle. All you set out to do was to retrieve the Shard of Draconax, and then that happened. She did not tell me much of the king, however. He must have been difficult."

"Nah. Just a little quirky. He still had the people's best intentions in mind."

"I do not wish to bother you, if such an adventure... tired you out."

"No it's fine. If I was uselessly exhausted after just that, it'd mean I haven't grown at all since first coming to Abso."

"I see." She nods as she cracks a smile. "That is admirable."

"You've grown too, Alice. Remember when we first found you? You were trapped in a suit of armour, with your arm lost across the room. We awoke you from some sort of stasis by accident. And since then, you've figured out your arm can transform into a laser cannon, and you've more than proven that you're way cooler than any of Elok Daven's other constructs. I don't know why you were left in that old lab, Alice. That was the biggest mistake Elok ever made. You've been an amazing part of the team."

"Stop..." she mutters to herself, partly overtop of your words, as if she's losing a battle nobody can see. She brings a hand up and back through her hair, first clearing bangs from her eyes before tucking it back behind her ear. "You are far too kind. I am not as strong as Nikki, nor am I as good with magic as Eva. I cannot heal like Amara, and I am not as stealthy as Snow. But yes. I will do all I can to protect Castle Phoenix and all who reside here. You can count on me, Kyle. I do not mean to feel sorry for myself. I am merely self-reflecting on my very existence. I promise that I will--Aaha~!" Quickly, she covers her mouth. The sound she just made was bizarre, like a gasping hiccup. Something just caught her off guard completely.

After a moment, she looks to you rather bashfully. "Sorry about that."

"What was that noise?"

"Uhm. Nothing, Kyle."

"Really? Because I feel like whenever something like this happens, it's very much not just nothing."

This time, her eyes shut tight as her head pulls back. Her hands cover her mouth, but still a muffled sound of whimpering distress makes its way through. She looks to you immediately after this time, perhaps checking out your reaction, though your perplexed stare only causes her to feel more embarrassed. "R-Really. It is nothing."

"It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that your pussy is missing, right?"

"That is far too bold of a question to ask a lady--Ooaah~!" Again, hands over her mouth, though tighter this time. She looks rather concerned.