Sadists. Bennie didn't think she was one. Was she? Was she just like her brother in the end? She sided with Life, yes, but why was that? Just so she could capture and steal more souls?
No. Bennie wouldn't let herself get wrapped up in the "why". She'd found Life, and now she was going to protect Life.
She opened her mouth to respond, but Alfonso's carefree, irritatingly aloof laugh cut her off.
"So it is you. I knew it. I'm sure my dear mother will love knowing we've tracked you down."
Bennie bit her lip, ignoring the taste of the lipstick. Did she even really want to get involved?
"You have lost, my dear," Alfonso continued. "Why do you not just give up quietly?"
This isn't right. Bennie wanted to keep her souls, and for that, she needed Life. Did it matter if her motives were petty and selfish?
"Just come down, love, and surrender--"
"Shove it up your a*s and shut up, Alfie."
This woman was insufferable.
Bennie always had to act so high-and-mighty. So above it all. So "perfect".
But she was just as bad as Alfonso himself, wasn't she? He hated that self-righteous attitude of hers.
Bennie pulled out a pipe from behind her ear, then fished a lighter from a small bag and lit it. She placed the pipe in her mouth, paused, and blew out a steady puff of smoke before speaking again.
"'Surrender'? Hasn't she done that already? You're so full of it, Alfie, she's sealed in a cute little body already. It isn't like she can do anything."
Alfonso frowned. Shoe cocked her head, looking between the three other entities.
"You say that, but--"
"But? But what? But she's still able to use her power? What a load of bull, the humans get closer to extinction every day." Bennie reached up a hand towards Life, and Alfonso resisted the urge to sic Shoe on her and let Ludovica handle the rest. "Life, sweetcheeks, I've been lookin' for you. You haven't been abandoned. I want these humans preserved, and we can't do that without you. Wanna come down and discuss a plan over dinner?"
Unbelievable. As if Bennie wasn't bad enough before, now she had the nerve to ask Life on a date? (Ignoring the fact that Alfonso had already made his intentions for the young girl very clear.)
"I promise, I'll keep you safe," Bennie continued. Alfonso's hands clenched by his sides. "I've been on your side since the beginning. Even if your sex was kinda weak."
Leave it to Bennie, Alfonso thought, to make me wish entities could die.