"Not as early as I was," Kreeth said, her abrasive voice cutting through the silence that hung after the girl's question. "I think you're the only other ones to arrive so far, so ... yes, I'd say so."

They were both Noah. Kreeth could feel Dark Chakra clinging to both of them, though it was far more pronounced in the man. He hadn't bothered to keep his family-related Mutation hidden as the girl had. They made the usual suppression effort of the magically powerful, but no matter how much most tried, they could still be felt and she suspected that Nel, Holy Elemental as she was, felt them both acutely. She was, after all, in a room with three powerful Dark Elementals.

"Better to be early than late," she added, and then grinned. "Better pick of the rooms."