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"But... he created me."
"He created you?" K, stroking his chin and contemplating for a moment, nodded somberly, "I understand, Lin Yuanzhi, you were already about to die, but he polluted you, turning you into one of the creatures of the Secret Realm."
"No, you're the polluters..." Lin Yuanzhi spoke with a hint of panic, "It's you who want to kill us, destroy the forests..."
Another stretch of prolonged silence followed, after which K nodded again, "That's how it is, from your current perspective, it should be that way."
"Thank you for being honest." Lin Yuanzhi, seemingly in a daze, asked, "So... are we really... like water and fire, in a relationship where one must die for the other to live?"
"Yes." K swallowed a bite of his biscuit and said solemnly, "Within the scope of my knowledge, we are fated not to coexist."
"Ah..." Lin Yuanzhi sighed deeply and then asked, "Last question, why do you know my name?"