Shadow Slave

Sunny shuddered.

The voice he heard… was not his own. It sounded pleasant and calm, and seemed to have come from the darkness of the Sky Below itself.

'...Have I finally lost it?'

His first thought was that he had gone crazy again and was now hearing things.

His second thought was much less comforting…

'Damnation!'

Had he summoned some unholy titan from the depths of the Sky Below, after all?!

Sunny outstretched one hand, ready to manifest the Cruel Sight, but then hesitated.

If the owner of the voice was not a figment of his imagination, but some harrowing being of the void, was it really wise to agitate it? Would the silver blade even do anything against it?

'Calm down. Calm down. Maybe you just imagined the whole thing…'

As if to answer his thoughts, the void laughed softly.

"Ah, my apologies. I seem to have startled you."

Sunny gulped.

The pleasant voice seemed to belong to a young man, but no matter how hard he looked into the darkness, he couldn't see anyone… or anything… nearby.

He was reminded of his first meeting with Kai, only this time... this time, things were much more frightening.

"N—no worries. I just… didn't expect to hear another human's voice here. You, uh… you are a human… right?"

The void was silent for a while, then answered in a neutral tone:

I used to be a human

which the voice was coming. It was just… there, somehow. Everywhere.

tensed, then asked

Then what are

a few moments, then sighed.

"...Lost."

Sunny blinked.

hell does he

As in lost in the Sky

darkness let out

Not in the Sky

run down his spine, it

in a long, long time. Instead of lost, It would be more proper to say that I am one of the Lost. My body

One of the Lost…

one in person. Just like there were Hollow — people whose souls were destroyed, leaving an empty body behind — there were also the Lost. People whose bodies had somehow died in the real

he had any reason to believe that the stranger was telling him the truth. He could have been a Nightmare

Or something worse...

that didn't explain how they were able to converse. The Lost, from what Sunny knew, were just like any other Awakened in the Dream Realm. It

they certainly were not were disembodied

slightly, ready to… do something to protect

But how is it that I am able to hear your voice, but can't

that answered with

is a

expand on that answer, but that seemed to be it. A bit irritated, he

you going

the voice

descending into the Sky Below? This

blinked a couple of

into the Sky Below as I am falling into it. I got stuck on an island because of the Crushing, and sadly, that island broke off its chain. So, I had to

Then, he frowned.

dangerous place? Why is it dangerous? I haven't seen anything dangerous anywhere in this

for a while,