She had begun to slowly learn how to deal with her emotions over the past months and how to tolerate them. In fact, there was even a time when she seemed to be making progress.
However, the emotions she felt during that little dream of hers reawakened the feelings she had suppressed and amplified them. But more than the anger and hatred that had resurfaced, she was also once again truly terrified.
You see, the reason Aika feels fear towards human beings is that she had brought her trauma with her after being reborn as a Bond. Right from the moment she was born in the coliseum, all she could see were people with large, round heads and clownlike grins that terrified her to her core.
And that included her bearer, Cedric, at the time.
She can still tell people apart, though, based on their mannerisms and their distinct presence. So, seeing Julius right now, instead of his face filled with worry and concern for her, all she could see was a monster.
