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:

used to be a human once, I

even pinpoint the direction from which the voice

then asked

to? Then what are

for a few moments, then sighed. Finally, it

"...Lost."

Sunny blinked.

hell

in lost in the

darkness let out a sad

Not in the

shivers run down his spine,

sorry. I haven't spoken to anyone in a long, long time. Instead of lost, It would be more proper to say that I am one of the

One of the Lost…

Lost. People whose bodies had somehow

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

Or something worse...

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

they certainly were not were disembodied voices coming

slightly, ready to… do something to protect himself,

to hear that. But how is it that I

time, that

a

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

you going to

voice suddenly

descending into the Sky Below? This

blinked a couple of times,

on an island because of the Crushing, and sadly, that island broke off its chain. So, I had to jump off. And

Then, he frowned.

haven't seen anything dangerous anywhere in

for a while, then sighed