Her smile grows seeing Minoru reacting so positively. The best reactions come from those who have little idea of what they are looking at and those who have a very good idea of what they are looking at, and the twins are an excellent example of both. She turns the spear in her hands slowly to show off both sides of the tip before setting it upright once more.

"Snakes are rather common for symbolism, although it is a real shame it is often forces of chaos and danger. Apep in Egypt, and Jormungandr of the Norse are two that I'm more familiar with, but among my own family, there are names like Ophion and Asclepius. The latter is all over modern medicine in the West."

She smiles warmly at Isamu. "The Romans merely borrowed the owl. It was my kin who started on that. You'd see Aunty Anthy's owls all over her favored city."