"Mhm! I'm also a lot more durable than you, I think. I won't say humans can't kill me, but..."

"But they'd find it more difficult than, say, me?"

"Most likely, yes."

"I'll make sure to stand behind you then."

"I won't mind. I don't want you getting hurt; I wouldn't be able to heal you without changing the laws."

“You could rewrite humans to heal faster?”

"I've been poking at it some, and - I'd have to fight this system's Judgement, which might draw attention, but... I'd have options, for a rewrite. Healing faster, harder to kill, if I had any experience reset your state to 'uninjured' but that's hard..."

“Harder to kill would be far preferable to undying.” Kim finds herself very drawn to the ideas that Lillian is saying. To be able to shape this world for the better-

Well. It sounds like the opposite of what the Protecterate were. 

"I wouldn't want to risk it, at least not until I'm more confident I'd actually win, but, in an emergency..."

“An emergency that requires you to change the very fabric of the world,” Kim says with a laugh.

"Saving you would be worth it."

Kim’s not sure what to say to that. She dips her head with a small smile, feeling warmth blossom in her gut. 

"Though I'd ask you avoid risking it, I'd fight a Judgement for you but I would rather put that off."

“I’ll make sure to only run into smart fights,” Kim agrees. 

"I'd appreciate that!"

“I live to please,” Kim laughs. 

"You're amazing, you know?"

For a moment, Kim doesn't know how to react.

Then she giggles.

Lillian chatters less as the lights of the city grow in the distance. She seems to almost fold in on herself, mildly nervous - mostly about something happening to Kim. Slipping into the city isn't difficult, and they're in Watchmaker's Hill soon enough. The heights of the Flit aren't very thorough on this side of the river, and the nearest crossing points are in the direction of the Bazaar, either towards Wolfstack Docks or Veilgarden. 

"Do you think it's safe to go back by the docks?" Lillian asks quietly.

"You want to tell your friends you're all right?"

"I'd like to, but I don't want them in danger, either. I also don't know if we're going back to the Flit or straight to Hell."

"As much as I would like to take you to them, I'm almost certain the Protectorate will have people watching the docks. That's where we found you last time." 

"Yeah. And I don't want to endanger them, either."

“Then we’d better head straight to Hell. Maybe we can visit your friends later.”