When they returned to the makeshift camp, the first thing that Nephis did was come up to Cassie.
"Hey, Cas. Guess what."
The blind girl turned to her and smiled:
"You've finally received an armor-type Memory?"
Simultaneously, Nephis said:
"I found something decent to wear…"
Then she fell silent and stared at her smiling friend. Cassie laughed:
"The sound of your footsteps changed."
Changing Star blinked.
"Ah. I see. Well… it's from the Carapace Centurion."
While she was describing the armor to Cassia and letting her touch the mysterious white metal it was forged out of, Sunny relaxed and rested by the fire.
Some time later, Nephis was busy preparing dinner. Sunny was once again lying lazily on the stones and staring into the sky.
The sky, like always, was grey and unfriendly.
With all three of them equipped with decent armor, they were finally starting to resemble a real Awakened cohort. In fact, Sunny thought that their group was rather eye-catching even by Awakened standards.
In her light tunic and sea-wave cloak, beautiful and delicate Cassie looked like a princess. Lithe and poised, Nephis was like a noble knight tasked with protecting her. Sunny, however…
If he was generous to himself, he would say that he looked like a young squire.
boy a lot more — at best. If a random stranger were to see the three of them, that stranger would most likely assume that
their surprise when I stab them in
why would he stab
I'm sure
turned his head, looking at the
She bit her lip.
told me that you
that's what this
He shrugged.
"Yeah."
silent
worry about it too much. It's not my first brush with
the closest. The memory still sent shivers running down his
silent for a while. Then, she
"I'm sorry."
Sunny raised his eyebrows.
What are you
girl lowered her
"For being so useless."
looked away. A second or two later, he said in his usual
"You're not useless."
Cassie softly chuckled.
need to wait for one of you to feed me. That's my life now. I can't do even the simplest of things without your help… let
mask of resolve slip a little, revealing the desperate, angry, frightened face beneath. He
told you about
blind girl shook her head. Sunny
gets. To tell you the truth, the situation was pretty hopeless. I was a slave destined to die of cold or mistreatment. Chained, bleeding, defenseless. What's worse, my Aspect turned out to be completely useless. I mean, literally.
visibly drawn
you survive? Did things change
Sunny smiled.
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