[Rei lowers her hand, the power of her crystal subsiding, her presence going back to normal. Just a quiet, lovely, unassuming girl with a kind of fire to her. Of course once you've seen the other side, it's always a little hard to unsee, right?

She smiles then, seating herself on the building's edge.]

I am the Goddess of Flame and War. Or, her reincarnation. It's who I was in a past life, and who I've been slowly becoming since I was fourteen. I'm...ah...would you like to hear a story? That might make it easier to digest. I don't want to hide it from you, and I know how inquisitive you can be, so I feel like it's best to get it all out there.

[She pats the seat next to her.]

If you don't want the full story, I can give you the short version, though. Just...ah...please don't run? I'm not going to bite or anything.

[She honestly sounds worried that he might, given his reaction. Yes it was funny at first, but old habits and bad memories of people growing up die hard. She was never well liked as a child, because classmates were afraid of her, saying she was a witch because she talked to crows and had 'mysterious powers' and it's a trauma that's not quite gone away.]