[ Ah, that's interesting... Studying the enemy to aid in the efforts to eliminate them... When Tao puts it like that, it does remind Fern of something. ]

It's not quite the same, but... that's how some spells were developed, where I'm from. Mages studied demons' magic and then adapted them for our use... and now, we use them to kill monsters. [ A beat. ] That's a very pragmatic way of looking at it, Miss Tao.

[ Also, walking them through the recreation area... Fern has no idea what any of the things in here are, but maybe Tao does? So she asks: ]

By the way... Do you know what the machines in here do...? I did see someone use the machine for running in place, but...