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Emerald winced as the arrow passed by her, then looked back at it. "I said a normal arrow, child; clearly that wasn't a normal arrow." She didn't like it when people, particularly humans, and especially humans, tried to prove her wrong. Still, that was an impressive bit of magic; if she had been able to do something like that back home, she might have lived with her parents and brother for quite a bit longer than a couple of years. She shook her head as she looked back to the child. "Now, as for the other questions, what do you mean? What is left to surprise an angel? If we watch this Earth, like God does, what are we really going to miss?" She shrugged. "We see almost as much as our master does, so there is little left to surprise us at all. "As for the half-angel part..." She hesitated, but sighed. "You didn't exactly bother hiding the fact. Normal humans can't change their eye color, even if they do have multiple personalities, like you do. You didn't bother to hide the sudden change in eye color, and so proved that you aren't a normal human."

She smiled, though without humor. "Besides, a normal human being can't light arrows on fire. You haven't bothered to hide that you are different, that you are unique, and so that makes it so much easier." This was so much easier than lying all the time. It was the truth, all of it...she only left out her own ability. She couldn't be accused of lying, especially when she wasn't really specifying who her master was, although insinuating that it was God. She tilted her head to one side curiously. "But you're going to need help learning to control your powers, aren't you? That arrow was only done in frustration. If you could control it, wouldn't it be so much more useful? And so much easier to hide what you really are?"