The two killers faced each other across Jin's bed, and he could feel the world holding its breath. The air was thick with competing feelings—Shūmei's frozen anger against Eve's happy craziness.
"You know," Eve said thoughtfully, looking at Shūmei with those scary eyes, "we're not so different. We both want Jin. We both would kill for him. We both were changed to be perfect for him."
"I am nothing like you," Shūmei spat.
"But we are!" Eve insisted. "We're both super strong, both love Jin, both would get rid of anyone who tries to take him! We should be friends!"
"Friends?" Shūmei laughed coldly. "I would never be friends with a monster like you."
"Monster is such a mean word," Eve said. "I like 'genetically improved'. We're both science projects made for special reasons."
"My purpose is to protect Jin-sama," Shūmei said. "Not to have babies with him like some animal."
