The Least Common Denominator

XXXII.II Solve for Y

"If you insist."

I steeled myself for any sort of weird shit these two could possibly throw at me. I knew it couldn't possibly get any weirder than being reincarnated in what amounted to a backwater ditch in a world where magic existed, but it was better to be prepared than to shit bricks with every brain-shattering revelation that they might dish out.

I listened with rapt attention as the two looked at each other, seemingly trying to ascertain as to who should go first.

"I guess I'll go first, then," Lace sighed as she took a deep breath. "I've only known you- I mean, Crimson... for a few months at best, and the best way that I could describe her is that she's... frighteningly competent."

I raised an eyebrow at the term she so aptly used, "Frighteningly competent?"

I would never use such a