"...Are you really planning to use the Snow Beast Squad's power to do something bad?" Frostnova seemed somewhat surprised.
Frostnova remembered Patriot saying that Chen Luo was someone trustworthy. Aside from certain rumors caused by the tremendous destructive power he could unleash when interacting with other women, Chen Luo was generally a good person.
"Perhaps you misunderstood. I'm not after the power of you or the Snow Beast Squad you belong to. What I want isn't much."
"Then what exactly is it?"
"Your suffering."
"Huh?"
"You heard me right. What I want is your suffering. Although we've only just met, and you aren't that old, I can still see the weariness of time on you. I want to gain a deeper understanding of the pain Infected have endured, both now and in the past."
"You do seem strong, but the expression you showed when you embraced sunlight made me feel that, like the other Infected, you deserve to be saved."
"Carrying too much by yourself will wear you down. I'm a doctor, and I've dealt with Orehaze quite a bit, so I can tell that your condition has long since become far from optimistic. Try sharing it with someone. At the very least, easing your mind can help you resist Orehaze too. Not by much, perhaps, but it might save your life."
"But... how are you supposed to share something like suffering?" Frostnova was at a loss.
Very few people spoke to Frostnova the way Chen Luo did. Perhaps only the Snow Beast Squad and Patriot, her adoptive father, would say similar things, though not in such a... "strange" way.
And Chen Luo was probably the first normal person to say these things to Frostnova.
When Frostnova "embraced" the sunlight and enjoyed a warmth that had left her more than