Page 11 of Celestia, Year Four

He blinked and stared at me, but another thought popped into my mind.

"Who was that uh… doll? She's a doll, right? The one that made me coffee. She was super cute. How did she know how I like my coffee?"

"You're asking a lot of questions," Odion said quietly. "It's hard to track it all at once."

"Oh… sorry." I grimaced. "I feel a bit frazzled."

"Side effect of this place," Odion replied. "How about I leave the explanations about the Dark World when you're better rested? I can talk about Momo."

"Momo?"

"Bi...Bo."

We both turned our heads toward the door and my eyes widened at the tall woman standing at the door frame with a small smile on her purple-cloaked lips.

"Momo, you gave us away." The woman spoke in a delicate voice.

"BiBo?" I lowered my gaze to see the doll look-alike lean out from behind the woman's legs.

Her swirling eyes met mine and she moved back to hide from my sight, making the woman chuckle quietly.

"Momo thinks you'll hate her. Is the coffee helping you think a bit clearer?"

"Uh… slowly, yes. I just finished it, thank you. I still feel a bit frazzled with everything," I replied earnestly.

The woman nodded and entered the room, the little doll called Momo following closely behind her. It was kind of cute watching them since the woman was faster and it took Momo double the steps to follow at her speed.

The woman walked over to stand near the curtains of the window, and Momo waddled until she bumped into the woman's left leg.

"BiBo?"

The woman giggled and knelt down to stroke the doll’s head. "Sorry, Momo."

"BiBo!" Momo replied, lifting her hands up in excitement.

I glanced at the woman, noticing how full and thick her long dark purple-black locks were. Her eyes were purple, but when I focused, I could tell they were outlined with silver.

Her skin was really pale, making me think of a vampire's complexion in the movies and she stood at 6'8" height.

She had a slim build, and she wasn't very curvy, but it suited her really well. She wore a long black dress, and though I couldn't see them, I assumed she wore heels of some sort due to the noise they made when she walked across the room.

Though her appearance was a little spooky and reminded me of Halloween, she looked extremely kind and gave me a motherly vibe.

I didn't think there would be people in this Dark World place, which was a silly thought when I spent more time on it. Odion was here, so there must be more people.

Momo turned and waddled over to where Odion sat. He paused the spinner and glanced her way, those little hands of hers were still raised. "BI!"

Odion pouted his lips. "Why?"

"BiBo..." Momo replied.

I had no idea what she was saying, but from her extended hands, it looked like she wanted him to pick her up.

Odion mumbled something but reached out to pick her up, the doll-like creature wiggled her toes in joy as he lowered her to sit in his lap.

Her head reached the middle section of his chest and she really did look like an upgraded version of a typical rag doll.

"Is she a familiar?" I inquired, and Momo looked at me.

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