"Okay, so the thing that I am is called a [Magical]* [Girl]**, and every [Magical] [Girl] has a [Theme] and a [Virtue], and my [Virtue] is [Agape]. And the way a Magical Girl regains mana is by, uh, inhabiting, her virtue. So, like, healing is usually net-positive for me, mana-wise, because it's really easy to be in a headspace about helping people, while you're helping someone? And my [Theme] is [Ascendancy]***, so healing is really cheap for me, even though it does cost mana.

*Magical both in the sense of being magic, breaking the laws of physics and such, but also in the more figurative sense of being really cool and emotionally moving, like sunsets and soap bubbles can be magical despite definitely not being supernatural.
**Suffix denoting a bearer of the preceding characteristic; connotationally but not denotationally feminine.
***The transition of mostly people but also objects, from an original state to an improved state; centrally including things like healing, purification, and self-actualization.

...What. 

Okay, so, this is pretty far opposite from what Irabeth was expecting out of a potential demon trap, but it's also not anything she was expecting for not a demon trap. Leaving aside the weirdly comprehensible words in--she's heard enough Celestial to know that that wasn't Celestial but it seems more like Celestial than like anything else she's heard of. But on the other hand this girl seems to just keep pulling things that are completely unlike anything Irabeth has heard of out of her ass! So maybe she shouldn't think of it as particularly similar to Celestial after all! But whatever the fuck that language is is still incredibly far from the most out-there thing about what she just said. 

"Well, there are plenty of people here who could use healing," she says, instead of attempting to actually grapple with the implications of this girl's claims. Although, actually: "Actually, we seem to have failed to introduce ourselves." Which, you know, much less important than getting people to safety, but there seems to be a lull here anyway. "I'm Irabeth Tirabade, head of the Eagle Watch." 

Aw maaaan. Well, she wasn't going to be able to put it off forever, and at least she's already displayed her magical language. 

"My name is [Magical] [Girl] [Ascendant] [Lucy]*, but you can call me--Lucy. For reasons. It should be easier to pronounce."

*The fundamental shape-of-person that she is

Irabeth nods. "Thank you, Lucy." 

"Well, hey, I'd rather it was under better conditions, but helping people is my jam." 

Okay now time to go heal people. Well, no. Irabeth could also use a bit of healing. Boop her first, then go heal civilian refugees, then the other--Eagle Watch? Guys. 

People watch her intently as she does this. Her conversation with Irabeth wasn't exactly private, and while knowing less about how magic normally works makes Lucy's whole Magical Girl bit less out there, if "infinite free healing" was a thing very often Worldwound veterans would expect to know about it. 

That's nice. Those people, too, should have nice things. 

...There's a thought that's been simmering in the back of her mind, that she's mostly been ignoring in favor of high-paced DO STUFF, which is coming more to the forefront as she performs the lower-mental-overhead work of healing people. 

She wants to try purifying a demon. 

Probably, like, a dretch, or a quasit, or something, first. Something smallish and not too powerful, as demons go. But demons are corrupted human souls, and mending souls and uncorrupting things are pretty central aspects of her toolkit!

And being a demon, like, sucks. She is aware that demons tend to be attached to it but they're wrong actually. 

She's not sure she can ask these people to help with that. From the point of view of being invaded by demons, a demon turning back into a normal soul isn't overwhelmingly better than a demon dying. Which, like, they're also wrong about, but if purifying a demon takes a lot longer than killing them--they aren't wrong to want the demons gone as soon as possible. 

...Elf Kiddo seemed to understand. 

She finishes healing the guy she was currently working on and looks around for her. 

Elf Kiddo is earnestly talking to a guy Lucy already finished healing. 

Cool cool cool.

Lucy goes and sits down next to her, waiting for a lull in the conversation. 

"--think she would really appreciate it. Hi!"

"Hi. How're you holding up?"

"Oh, I'm fine! This nice man was just telling me about his sister."

"Oh?"

He flushes. "It's--we're not as close as we used to be when we were kids. It's not, like, important, or anything." 

She takes his hand and looks him square in the eye. "My existence is sort of philosophically complicated, but I contain memories of having siblings who were very dear to me. Falling out of contact with them would have been awful. If this is something that matters to you, then it is important."

"I--okay. But, uh, the demons. The demons, are objectively way more important?"

"That I will grant you. Um," to kiddo, "because my existence is philosophically complicated, I was avoiding introducing myself to you earlier. My full name is [Magical] [Girl] [Ascendant] [Lucy], but you can call me Lucy." 

What the fuck does "Lucy" have to do with any of the stuff in that name??? their perplexed bystander wonders. 

Elf Kiddo beams at her. "That's a beautiful name! I'm Ember. I used to have a longer name, but I forgot it."

Forgot it? Huh?

...Elf Kiddo--Ember--is not wearing clothing you would expect of...someone whose parents were taking good care of them, and had money. Which, like, lots of people don't have money, but--she's a witch--this isn't all suspicious on its own or anything but--

"Um. Where are your parents."

"I think my mom is still in Kyonin. My dad's dead." 

"--May I hug you."

"Of course!" 

Hug. 

"I'm sorry about your dad." 

Hug. 

"I miss him. But I'm sure he's okay, wherever he is."