Shadow Slave

Trying to gather his courage, Sunny looked into the distance and said in a raspy voice:

"You've seen the creatures that dwell under these waves. Do you really want to swim across them?"

Changing Star was silent for a few seconds, then sighed.

"We are damned either way, Sunny. What do we have to lose?"

She fell silent for a moment and grimaced, pale flames dancing in her eyes. Then, in a quiet voice, she added:

"We will not light any fires, relying on your eyes to guide us west. We will hope that Cassie's armor will protect us. Maybe it will be enough."

Sunny glanced at Neph and asked:

"What's so special about Cassie's armor?"

She hesitated for a moment, then answered without looking at him:

"It's a tier six awakened Memory. One of its traits is to make the wearer less likely to draw the enemy's attention."

While Sunny was digesting this information, Nephis suddenly trembled. Closing her eyes, she said through gritted teeth:

"I am at my limit. My mind is… fading. If you have any questions left… better… ask them fast."

He blinked, startled. Then, knowing that there was not much time left, Sunny asked the first thing that came to his mind:

"Do you even know how to build a boat?"

Changing Star simply nodded, letting him know that she did. Her expression was slowly turning lost and dull again.

Racing against time, Sunny frantically thought of another question.

do I convince you to leave the island once

him, struggling to hold onto the last shreds of lucidity. For a moment,

Song... Vale. Say those words to

grip on her thoughts, she turned away and added after

happens, take Cassie and flee.

her eyes slowly dimmed, and soon, Changing Star was staring west once again, all

waiting. After a while,

"Hey, Neph."

turned to him, her face

when did you

"A while ago."

and said

you something? Do you know how

***

why exactly he wanted to build a boat, dodging the questions with practiced finesse. His Flaw was not making things easy, but with the state Neph was

but explaining everything once again would have taken too much time. Not to mention that he wasn't sure that it

time left. With every hour, their

he had to inflict pain on himself to get a few moments of reprieve. Even so, his thoughts were slow

to flee the island as soon as possible. Sunny was determined

the bitter

gnawing on himself to prevent himself from being eaten. What

bleeding hand behind his back, Sunny turned to Neph and

going to

thought about it for some time, then

have to use the dead demon's carapace.

Sunny raised his eyebrows:

the Carapace Demon's armor? It's made out of

at

Sunny. You just have to make sure that you're displacing more water than the weight of

He blinked.