"What's your name?"
"It's okay now. Don't worry."
Sasha arrived where the horses were. As long as they left quickly, they could temporarily escape danger.
"What do you mean, it's okay?"
The girl's eyes were still filled with lifeless despair, without even a trace of hope.
"Well... I mean..."
It was Sasha's first time facing a Titan alone without Vertical Maneuvering Equipment. Her fear had been magnified a thousandfold, leaving her tongue-tied as her body trembled violently.
While she was dazed, the horse whose reins had been untied ran away.
Tears sprang from Sasha's eyes in fright as she flailed about in panic.
"No way! Please don't run!"
No matter how Sasha whistled to call the horse back, it never returned. Meanwhile, she kept trying to comfort the terrified girl.
"Don't worry. Just wait a little longer. The horse should be back soon... soon, we'll be able to run away."
"Why would you say that?"
The girl had watched her mother being devoured, powerless to do anything. The flame of hope in her heart had already gone out, and not even a speck of ash remained of her desire to survive.
Run away?
That was absolutely impossible.
Death!
It was drawing closer, step by step.
While the two spoke, the Titan had already crawled out of the house. Sasha grabbed a bow and arrows nearby, seized the girl's hand, and ran wildly into the distance.
The Titan followed close behind.
"It's okay." Sasha comforted the girl even as she endured the threat of terror.
"Why? Everyone already ran away... Everyone in the village knew my mother couldn't walk properly, but no one came to help us. All I could do was watch."
The girl's eyes remained ashes of despair. She had already seen the coldness of the world.
How could