[That was definitely not something that happened in her own world, which would reaffirm Ai's earlier suspicion that Rei didn't exactly come from the same place she had. Certainly not if she always had at least some kind of powers... No matter the beliefs, there was yet to be any proof of shrine maidens practicing such magic.]

No, I have not heard of anything like that.

[Ai shook her head as she said it, and then raised a brow confusedly. Where Rei came from sounded like an alternate reality of sorts, because she was still clearly Japanese, and yet...]

So... does that mean the Japan you know is different than the one I was taken from?