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.
a random stranger were to see the three of them, that stranger would
that'll just add to their surprise when I stab them
he stab a
who cares. I'm sure there'll
Sunny turned his head, looking at the blind girl with a
She bit her lip.
that you almost
what this is
He shrugged.
"Yeah."
a silent sigh, Sunny
much. It's not my first
it was, as far as he knew, the closest. The memory still sent shivers running down
silent for a while.
"I'm sorry."
Sunny raised his eyebrows.
What are you
blind girl
"For being so useless."
two later, he said in his usual careless
"You're not useless."
Cassie softly chuckled.
one of you to
was the first time Sunny had seen her mask of resolve slip a little, revealing the desperate, angry, frightened face beneath. He was
I ever told you about
girl shook her head. Sunny
as bad as it 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
turned her head slightly, visibly drawn in
you survive? Did things change for the
Sunny smiled.
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