[She trails off in thought, and the next bite of food finds its way to her mouth instead. She chews pensively as she reflects on it. Nero had called Elizabeth and Altera her rivals, and had seemed to value the dynamic quite a bit. Tamamo... had viewed just about every other person Hakuno laid eyes on as her rival, and hadn't seemed to like it at all.
But Hakuno has never had a rival.
She managed to make friends in the War, as bittersweet as that had turned out, but aside from that they were all opponents. A rival was someone who she could clash and improve with, time and time again. But, from the very start, Hakuno has only had two choices: win or die. Delete or be deleted. And after becoming Sovereign, having something that could rival her position is... well, most likely an extinction-level threat.]
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[She trails off in thought, and the next bite of food finds its way to her mouth instead. She chews pensively as she reflects on it. Nero had called Elizabeth and Altera her rivals, and had seemed to value the dynamic quite a bit. Tamamo... had viewed just about every other person Hakuno laid eyes on as her rival, and hadn't seemed to like it at all.
But Hakuno has never had a rival.
She managed to make friends in the War, as bittersweet as that had turned out, but aside from that they were all opponents. A rival was someone who she could clash and improve with, time and time again. But, from the very start, Hakuno has only had two choices: win or die. Delete or be deleted. And after becoming Sovereign, having something that could rival her position is... well, most likely an extinction-level threat.]
...that sounds nice. What are they like?