WHOOSH!
The world around Rui shifted in the blink of an eye.
One moment, he was in the Mellow.
The very next?
He found himself standing before the shores of a beach.
The softest of smiles cracked at the edge of his mouth as he spotted Kane standing at some distance before him.
Yet, Kane faced someone else.
He had bronze skin, donning an attire that resembled that of a fusion of between that of an adventurer and medical attire. An umpteen number of instruments, artifacts, and tools adorned it from top to bottom, no doubt able to be of aid in nearly every circumstance conceivable.
The Divine Doctor himself.
Not in a memory, not in a prophecy, but in the flesh.
His eyes devoid of any compassion, shifted away from Kane, turning to Rui slowly.
Curiosity flickered within their hollow depths as he beheld Rui.
"Interesting."
Kane frowned, turning to follow his gaze.
"Rui!" His eyes lit up with joy. "You're finally here!"
An invisible smile cracked at the edge of Rui's mouth. "You're alive."
"Bring it in, man." He lunged at Rui, pulling him in a bear hug. "After the first few days, I thought we'd never meet."
crawled across Rui's skin at those words.
been like three days. Actually, what
The atmosphere grew taut.
as he stared at Kane
to slits. "I entered less
did a double-take, cocking his head
had already dawned on
Rui addressed the Divine Doctor, his dark, sharp eyes slowly turning to him, meeting the man's clinical gaze. "Could you tell me how long you've been here? I wish to confirm or
Doctor's smile remained
of interest flickered in his
hundred and sixteen
"Figured…" Rui muttered severely.
narrowing his eyes. "Spit
at the world around them. "…Time moves one hundred and forty-four times faster here than it does in the real
eyes widened with shock. "What?!
ratio matches both your stated timespans in this world compared to how long you've been absent in the outside
just how would you know how long I've been absent in
cut through, seeking
within Rui's eyes
stirred, meeting the clinical curiosity that lay within the Divine
verified it in the memory of a deer that spotted your abrupt disappearance when
Divine Doctor's detached intrigue only rose. "And just why would you be searching for me in
we came to the Mellow to find you, of course," Rui
did you come to the Mellow
bore into
compel you to heal my
the interest disappeared from the Divine
Has the medical community not figured that one out yet?
wave of deja vu washed
Those words.
It appeared that now that Rui had reached the Divine Doctor, the prophecies that his grandmother had shown him might start unfolding one
Rui
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