Nephis and Cassie were talking about the Guiding Light. With no one noticing his hollow eyes, Sunny lingered for a while, then walked over to Nightmare. He reached to adjust the stirrups and froze.
After a moment of hesitation, Sunny climbed into the saddle instead.
His companions looked at him in confusion.
"Sunny?"
He stared into the mist.
"Stay here for a while. Please. I'll… I'll be back soon."
With that, Nightmare leaped off the deck of the Chain Breaker and carried him into the fog.
'Damn it, damn it, damn it…'
The ghastly leopard had already been bad enough, and yet… Sunny felt that the cohort would have been able to slay the dreadful creature, if at a steep cost.
But that bloodied hand…
They had not even caught a glimpse of the nebulous being that wandered the mist, snapping the towering pine trees like matchsticks. It had torn a Great Beast apart and obliterated them so casually… how was Sunny supposed to contend with something that oppressive and ineffable?
