Virexa studied Jax for a long moment after that, the silence stretching not awkwardly, but deliberately. The floating lights drifted, a page somewhere fluttered despite there being no wind, and the city outside felt very far away.
Then she sighed, a frustrated sigh as she looked at him after hearing his question. It was the sound of someone deciding to stop dodging something they'd been avoiding for years.
"Well," she said, pushing herself up properly and swinging her legs off the couch, "since you already broke in, threatened my furniture with your blood, and named my sister without flinching, I suppose secrets are off the table."
She took another drink, this time a longer shot of the drink, her body trembling slightly as she finished, and then capped the bottle and set it aside.
"Nulissa is my younger sister."
Jax didn't react immediately. While he was a bit surprised at how different the two seemed, he simply nodded once, inviting her to continue with her explanation.
