A friend. Now, that's interesting. [ Oh, whatever. He'll stop pretending as though he's speaking of yarns others have spun. What use is it pretending that he hasn't seen the same bullshit as everyone else? He rubs at his mouth, trying to imagine such a frightful creature in his mind's eye. ]

I saw monsters too. Big, horrible things, the size of a building, wearing frightful tasseled masks. They definitely weren't friends.

[ But they were working with humans, clearly. Maybe that makes Yu the sort of person to be able to command monsters? ]

Do you recall in what context you saw that creature of yours? If it was near human, did it manage to speak?