"It helps with my mana regeneration. And, it's rather good. Sometimes I've gone with just eating them if I had to, but I didn't gain weight. It was um..interesting.." She trailed off, noting Hana's blush, which made her lightly bite her lip and run a hand gently through her hair..
"Besides living on an inheritance and a lucky lottery win, I'm a high school graduate, and I've done modeling and worked as a maid. I also help out the police from time to time."
"Oh, alright," she said, noticing the blush, "I was an important member of a marketing and financial firm, but.. as you can probably guess got tired of it and just recently changed careers. Now i'm the owner of a small antique store in town. Not as glamorous as a model, but I enjoy taking a break whenever I want."
"Ooh, fancy.." She chuckled, leaning back in her chair a bit. "Well, I wasn't very glamorous. was always treated as the exotic or the special feature. The money was good, but I felt singled out."
"I can understand that better than most being a mage. There aren't many of us around anymore so you don't know how I thrilled I am that I got to meet you, Mayu."
"Thrilled to meet me? I'm..not anyone special though." Mayu shook her head. There were some self-confidence issues from her ordeal remaining. "But..thank you."
Hana smiled, "You're already special to me, Mayu, even if you don't think so. I was so..worried that i'd never encounter another mage and would be forced to fight the Phantoms all by myself. It was a lonesome war, but with the two of us it should be alright. We're a couple of kickbutt sexy ladies after all."
Mayu nodded softly, smiling slightly. "I am happy to hear you say that.." she mused, before looking at Hana again with a different gaze. "Do you...have a lot of scars from your..ordeal?"
Her face softened, "More than i'd like to admit. Not just physical scars, but emotional as well. I've.. lost people, good people, people i'll never see again. But I continue fighting, what for, sometimes even i'm not sure. I fight for peoples' hope so one day my own hope will be answered."
She blushed, wishing she had had kept her mouth shut, "Sorry if that was a little much.."
"N-no..it's not.." She finds a delicate hand, reaching for Hana's. "Tell me..your hope." she asked softly, but intensely..."and I'll tell you what happened to me."