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.
If a random stranger were to see the three of them, that stranger would most likely assume that Sunny was either a lowly servant or
their surprise
why would he stab a random
sure there'll
turned his head, looking at the blind
She bit her lip.
told me that
so that's what this
He shrugged.
"Yeah."
with a silent
it too much. It's not my first brush
it was, as far as he knew, the closest. The
a while. Then, she quietly
"I'm sorry."
Sunny raised his eyebrows.
are you
girl
"For being so useless."
A second or two later, he
"You're not useless."
Cassie softly chuckled.
be leashed to you or Neph. If I want to eat, I 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
of resolve slip a little, revealing the desperate, angry, frightened
have I ever told you about
girl shook her head. Sunny
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. If I remember correctly, the phrase
turned her head slightly, visibly drawn in
did you survive? Did things change for
Sunny smiled.
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