D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

Chapter 1546: Chapter 1546 Kamiko the All-Seeing

--- Kat ---

When the group turned in for dinner Hunter ran off immediately. Kat didn't catch the excuse that was said too focused on finding the right stuff in her storage ring... but Meg ran off after Hunter right afterwards and based on the sounds in their surroundings was continuing to chase Hunter around despite her complaints.

Kat wasn't sure how this squared with Meg's insistence that she lacked a proper way of sticking with the group but Kat had decided this wasn't her problem.

No, what was her problem was the one that had been bugging her and Lily for some time. What to do about Meg and the slipup they helped induce. Bower was relaxing and probably not all that much help but Kamiko? She was right next to Kat and ready to help with dinner. The perfect excuse. So as Kat brought the food out she whispered, "So... I'm wondering if you can help me and Lily with something,"

"Oh... um... sure?" asked Kamiko very confused. "What do you need?"

"Well it goes like this..." Kat began to summarise the much longer mental discussion she'd been having with Lily earlier. "... and that's really where we left off. We just don't know what exactly the best course of action is and I was hoping you might know. Perhaps it's something that came up in demon school? As silly as that might sound..."

"Oh... um... no not really. Um... like we do know about the demon clans and we learn about a few of them... but like not the specifics. That's more of an advanced cultural studies unit that I didn't take... it um... it didn't seem too important at the time? Sorry..." mumbled Kamiko.

"Hey that's fine, we were just... pretty lost honestly. Do you have any advice just from... being around more demons in your life?" asked Kat.

Kamiko shook her head, "Um... no. I mean... I... I don't actually know what my parents would say. They... tended to preach being non-confrontational a lot of the time. Mum regular has to de-escalate things because... well working in the hospital introduces you to a lot of demons that are scared and in pain. Even if they know they're getting healed...

"So like... um... yeah confronting the issue head on is rarely her suggestion. Um... Dad is a bit more... 'Just go do it!' in a way... but he's pretty calm and forgiving. Um... this is... it's hard. I don't really understand it either. I think... I think I'm basically with you and Lily. It seems like a silly little thing... and... and I guess I want Hunter to feel valued and safe and be recognised for how cool she is...

That feels... wrong. I want to help, and with Kamiko's added perspective I'm sure we could help things at least a bit. Even if they don't suddenly become friends they should be able to understand each other better... I hope. I really don't know how to subtly fix things. I'm also not sure I can just outright say it because I don't know if that would work.

Surely other people have tried pointing it out before.

"I think you might be right... or at least there's something to it. The worry I have is if Hunter would notice the issue or not. Err... I mean I'm not sure if Hunter consciously realises the issue. If you're right though, it puts Meg firmly in the wrong," said Kat.

"Oh... I... I don't know if I want that sort of pressure. I mean... I don't like Meg but... hmm... no well... hmmm... I'll... I'll think about that part a bit more. As for if Hunter has noticed... I would have to think so right? I mean... she's a lot older then us... so surely she'd have the time to work it out..." offered Kamiko.

"The time perhaps, but what about the prompting? If she's never looked at it that way perhaps, she doesn't know. I mean, even between Lily and I we didn't come up with anything like that. Not sure why, I mean, Hunter is a name some people have back home. It doesn't mean anything special back there but it's not too strange. So why didn't we see it?" asked Kat.

"Maybe you... not forgot because you said your memory is just about perfect... but suppressed the 23HX443 part of her name? I... I don't know about you but maybe you just recognise her as 'Hunter' in your head already? I... It's just a guess?" offered Kamiko.

"No... no it's a good guess. It's hard to say how true it is, but it's a very good guess. You're quite good at coming up with those, you're clearly paying more attention to this sort of stuff then I am," said Kat.

"Oh... no... I mean... you already had lots of ideas about Hunter so I just had to think of new ones... and I mean... my guess about Hunter could be wrong. I was just thinking about nicknames and how they can become more like your real name over time... especially with Meg wanting to be Meg, even though she clearly had to chose both Meg and Meghera. Which... I don't know is that weird?

Did she chose Meghera and have someone else give her a nickname? I... I don't know if she has other... I don't want to say Hunter is a friend... but friends you know?" said Kamiko.

"Hmm..." mumbled Kat. "More to think on I guess,"