[She grins to see Eda splutter. Need's teeth are white, with a few chips and gaps presumably from ancient fights.]

I'm human. Or I was, a long time ago. [She shrugs like that particular nicety isn't important to her. Whether or not it is, examining it? will be painful and get her nowhere.] When I was human, I was Sister Lashan. After, I went by Need. You can use either for me, it's fine.

[It's nice to have her human name said and used. She has the sense that she'd forgotten it. But she's been Need for a lot longer.]

So what are you, if you're not a human?