[Her grin spreads wide again, both amused and not at his assessment of how lucky V would be.] It's a little late for that. We're all someone's disgusting pet project. [A terrible experiment. The hunter wasn't wrong, unfortunately, when he'd called her an abomination. How noble of this guy to want to keep her from a fate that created her in the first place.

Lotte's eyebrows lift in surprise. For them, that really is...a glowing review. She'd think this person too much of an idiot to get the job done until he notes he couldn't ask her himself.]

Haha. Oh, those protagonists.

[Heroes. The good guys she'd painted him as, when compared to her. Of course the gap between people like that would be no good for someone scary, but she can instantly let go of that lounging posture and pull off sweetness pretty convincingly, as long as she didn't open her mouth. Of course,]

They couldn't say no to a cute little girl like me, but it's been exhausting taking as big a risk as it was to tell you.

[V returns, white zip-up hoodie paired oddly with white shorts, and Lotte claps her hands, looking suddenly excited.]

Oh, oh! Let's make her a jiangshi and staple a note to her forehead!

[As much as her intelligence has been knocked, the newer golem has the awareness to know Lotte is talking about her, and covers her forehead with both hands with a look of concern.]