Mai gives Rei a sideways glance, perhaps a little harshly at first. And then she drops a nice, long sigh as her voice takes on a bit of a grumpy tone.

"I don't know how I believe anything anymore." These dreams that keep cropping up are the biggest part of her indecision frankly. Why the hell would she be constructing whole people just to populate her dreams? And why would they feel so comfortable and right when the rest of her life had always been a shamble of discomfort in her own skin.

"She sure didn't seem like she wanted to bash my brains in the first time we met but hey, you never know with people, right? Attitudes can really turn on a dime."

And even as she says that, she doesn't sound convinced. She doesn't know Meril well but this isn't right somehow.