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 once,

even pinpoint the direction from which the voice was coming. It

tensed, then

to? Then what are you

disappeared for a few moments, then sighed. Finally,

"...Lost."

Sunny blinked.

the hell

As in lost in

let out

in the Sky

run down

I am one of the Lost. My body in the waking world was destroyed, but my soul continues to exist here, in the Dream Realm.

One of the Lost…

an empty body behind — there were also the Lost. People whose bodies

voice was one of these lost souls made Sunny relax a little… not that he had any reason to believe that the stranger was telling him the truth. He could have been a Nightmare

Or something worse...

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

certainly were not were

shifted his weight slightly, ready to… do something

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

time, that answered

is a good

him to expand on that answer, but

Aren't you going

voice suddenly

are you descending into the Sky Below?

blinked a couple of times,

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. So, I had to jump

Then, he frowned.

haven't seen anything dangerous

lingered for a while, then sighed