Leon, however, was still genuinely curious about one additional thing. She had said they were "making love" in that way—so did that mean they also created babies through that same fire-merging process?
Is their reproduction entirely different from humans'? That would make sense given their racial uniqueness.
It was sincere, innocent curiosity on his part—purely academic interest in their biology.
So he asked her directly:
"And does that method also result in children? Is that how Pyrrhans reproduce?"
For Ira, this follow-up question might have been far too much for her already overwhelmed emotional state to handle.
Ira's hand trembled for a split second, as if her entire bloodstream had turned to boiling magma.
SNAP!
With a loud, high-pitched "YES!" that came out almost as a shriek, she abruptly pulled her hand away from his grip with surprising force—
YANK! ESCAPE!
—and then immediately launched herself into the air, flying rapidly into the distance without looking back.
