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:

to be a human once, I

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

then

what are

voice disappeared for a few moments, then sighed.

"...Lost."

Sunny blinked.

the hell

lost in the Sky

out a sad

in

shivers run

of the Lost. My

One of the Lost…

— there were also the Lost. People whose bodies had somehow died

a little… not that he had any reason to believe that the stranger was telling him the truth. He could have been

Or something worse...

even if he was Lost, 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 was just that they couldn't return to the real

were not were disembodied voices

slightly, ready to… do something to protect himself, if need

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

for some time, that

a good

him to expand on that answer, but that seemed to be it.

Aren't you

the voice suddenly

Sky Below? This

blinked a couple

you see… I am not so much descending 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.

Then, he frowned.

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

a while, then sighed