The Overlooked "Connection"?

In Lightwind Harbor, faint "sunlight" spread in from the sea, shrouding the entire city-state beneath the "night curtain." The information carried within the light flowed soundlessly across the waters, yet only one doll could understand it.

Honestly, even Duncan found it a little unbelievable.

So just how many things in the doll's world differed from ordinary people's understanding? Was the sky blue in her eyes? Were leaves green? What outlines did humans have, and what sort of waves rolled across the sea?

And even if she described what she saw—were the colors, sounds, and shapes she spoke of really what ordinary people recognized them as?

It seemed to be a paradox that would repeat forever, an unsolvable mystery.

Alice turned her head. The glow of the gas lamps was reflected in her beautiful wide eyes as she looked at Duncan with some confusion and concern. After a long while, she finally spoke softly. "Captain, the things I saw were really useful, right?"

The jumble of thoughts gradually settled. Duncan did not let those messy associations continue, and he suddenly found himself agreeing with something Alice had once said—some irritating questions that were destined to have no answer were simply better left unthought.

So he smiled, his expression gradually relaxing. "Of course they were useful. Other than that information, what else did you see? I mean, after the Sun Extinction, what else did you 'see' that was different from usual?"

Alice quickly understood what Duncan meant. She frowned slightly, thought back seriously, then looked around her. After a while, she spoke uncertainly. "If I had to say... I've kept feeling like there's a buzzing sound..."

Duncan frowned. "Buzzing?"

"Mm, buzzing. It's a very faint sound, and I can't even tell whether it's really a 'sound.' I just feel like there's something