Raine wasn't fooled; playing dumb did not work in front of her. Zelos had tricked her, yes, but--never again. There was no way Alita could have guessed what the word meant if she didn't know.

The slip-up gave her an inkling of why the girl was so concerned, though; it didn't make her soften, but now she knew.

"I take it you're at least passingly familiar with this topic?" Also very interesting.