[Whether or not she mentioned it before, she didn't remember. Washu nodded as she moved to touch the look a likes wrist.]

Yes, I created her to harness their power. I'm afraid I don't know where they came from, just... that they held great power. They were found with me when I was a baby.

[She glanced towards him when he began to chant and just.. observed for a few moments before turning back to the corpse. Even it it wasn't Ryoko, seeing it still upset the petite scientist.]

We'll have to figure that out. No one deserves this.