Shadow Slave

Sunny did not know how many revolutions it had taken him to become aware of the loop. However, he knew that around two months had passed since he did - that was how much longer it had taken for Cassie to join him in knowing the truth.

Standing on the deck of the Chain Breaker, Sunny stared at the blind girl intensely. He was feeling a strange mix of emotions... relief and gratitude, to start with. He was incredibly elated at the thought of sharing the burden of escaping Wind Flower with someone, especially someone as resourceful and steady as Cassie.

But at the same time, there was a note of unease in his heart.

How exactly had she come to know about the loop? And why?

For him... it was because of the Sin of Solace.

Sunny remained silent for a few moments, then suddenly took a step forward and asked, his voice grim:

"You see him too, don't you? Admit it. I know you do."

The blind girl tilted her head a little, an expression of confusion appearing on her face.

"See... who? I don't understand."

Sunny hesitated for a moment.

Was she telling the truth? Or was she only pretending to be oblivious to the Sin of Solace?

If it was the latter... he had to give Cassie and her acting skills credit. She would be a much better liar than he had ever suspected her to be, if that was the truth.

But why would she hide it? To spare them both the embarrassment, perhaps... gods knew, Sunny would not want anyone to hear the things his inner demon whispered into his ears every day.

learned about the loop, and why it had taken her longer to become aware of it. She could only perceive the Sin of Solace by using her Ascended

was not necessarily the case that she could see and hear the hateful apparition. In fact, it was far more likely that Cassie was telling the truth - the Sin of Solace only existed in Sunny's mind, and was therefore unlikely to be seen by her

to feel and perceive things that none of them could...

by his question. Sunny simply did not

He frowned a little.

wraith that follows

him silently for

I see

to her beautiful blue eyes, making Sunny cough in

not what I meant... what I meant was... ah,

matter if Cassie could perceive the Sin of Solace or not? Sunny would prefer it if she couldn't, but if she could and was willing to pretend otherwise... that

Aspect and Abilities not only allowed her to learn secrets, but also gave her no choice but to learn them. To spare herself and the people to whom those secrets belonged a lot of embarrassment, she

was what

silent for a while,

remember? That

was. At first, Sunny had only considered his mental state, and how sharing the

benefit was

of the cohort being able to carry the knowledge of the previous revolutions into the future ones, the range of things they could achieve would double. Everything that Sunny had been doing alone would be done faster, and solutions he had not dared to try would not

pursue all these goals together. They could

things that Cassie could potentially achieve on her own, and things that she would never be able to do without his help. He would have to teach her everything he had come

revolutions. She had to benefit from the groundwork he had laid before becoming a true ally

I'll have to teach her about the island and the

to face the mist. The soft lines of her delicate face twisted slightly, expressing her

I do remember. But it seems so odd. Like

She lowered her head.