"I think she's, well. It's, ah, it's complicated." And completely unproven, but Daniel's never been much for empiricism. "I think she's an extension of myself, a, a physical manifestation of the completeness of my own self, just like Agamede is for you. She takes the shape that reflects you."

"Correct," Aliyah chimes in softly. He smiles and scratches the top of her head affectionately.

"It's not such a stretch to say that in a way you already know each other," he continues with a shrug.

"We've met," the snow leopard puts in with a swish of her tail, this time addressing Daniel moreso than Julian. "When you were Ascended."