Once Kevin rose to his feet in relief, Alice flexed her wrist slightly, clearly pleased with it.
"This is the first gift I can remember receiving. I'll cherish it properly..."
The savior lovingly brushed the watch face with her fingertips, then smiled solemnly at Kevin and made her promise.
Ever since the Raccoon City crisis ended, the blanks in her memories had surfaced more and more, and every experience felt unreal.
There had once been a time when Alice wondered why she existed and what life meant.
But now, she knew she was needed—not as a savior, but simply as a woman.
Kevin heard the emptiness in Alice's words, and he also needed to buy time for the dawdling Sakurami Haruharu.
So the commander smashed open a broken vending machine nearby, took out two cans of beer, and casually tossed one to Alice.
"While we wait for her, we can drink and chat..."
"By the way, I never asked. If things ever quieted down, what would you most want to do?"
Kevin popped the tab, clinked cans with Alice, and took a small sip.
"Mm, probably become a movie star..."
"I want to play different roles beneath the spotlights and snatch every life from the scripts for myself!"
"Yeah, I'd like to try singing and being a cover girl too!"
Having survived yesterday's fierce battle, Alice could not help looking toward her dreams with longing now that she had relaxed.
The emptiness in her memories made her crave more excitement, and movies were undoubtedly a shortcut to remaking one's life.
"Alright, I'll write the scripts, then figure out how to sweet-talk Lara into investing. When filming starts, we'll have Mayor Warren provide the locations..."
"We'll make two movies first. They'll be called Tomb Raider and Biohazard Crisis..."
Kevin readily agreed,