"You have not officially met," the Goddess said, her hand gesturing toward the silent girl, "but Hajin, this is your partner, or to put it in terms you are familiar with, the system."
'The system,' he thought, his eyes tracking the flicker of blue light running across the girl's skin as she hovered in the void.
Aria blinked her glowing blue eyes as she looked down at him, her expression remaining entirely blank.
"Greeting host Hajin," she said, her voice flat and robotic, "dimensional sync currently sitting at eighty-four percent."
"So you're the one who keeps flashing those annoying screens in my face," he said, scratching the back of his neck as he looked between them.
"She is the core interface of my remaining power," the Goddess explained, her eyes softening as she looked at Aria, "designed to help you navigate this world and manage the recovery of my soul."
