Comfort and Emotion

"Have you accepted reality now, brat?"

Pandora watched Ganatica crouching in the corner of the alley, tears filling his eyes, and finally let out a silent sigh of relief.

Heaven knew what Pandora had gone through that morning. She had exhausted her limited wisdom and drained what little patience she possessed before finally managing to calm Ganatica down.

Moreover, to stop the brat from recklessly trying to "go home," Pandora had no idea how much effort she had spent persuading him. Throughout the process, she could not reveal the slightest anxiety or flaw. She had to flawlessly play the role of a "big sister acting on a whim." To Pandora, that entire morning's attempt at taming him had practically been a game of persuasion. Only because Pandora was a golem bound by her core directives, and because Ganatica's mental resilience far surpassed that of an ordinary boy, could this game end with mutual compromise.

Yes, compromise—not "submission"!

Strictly speaking, Pandora had not yet fully earned Ganatica's trust, nor had she directly become the "helpless boy's" emotional pillar according to Punk's plan.

After finding himself in a desperate situation, Ganatica quickly recovered his rationality at an unbelievable speed once his initial panic had passed. Then, the "little boy" who had been an utterly simple and honest youth just the night before seemed to suddenly gain enlightenment. During his "persuasion game" with Pandora, his thinking abilities improved at a completely unreasonable rate!

By the time the morning had passed, Ganatica's eyes were still filled with poorly concealed anxiety and panic, but Pandora keenly realized that the boy had regained much of his judgment. In fact, Ganatica's "intuition" was now even sharper than it had been in his normal state.

*Is this the "piece on the board of fate" Master mentioned? Is this