Exhibit Rack No. 127.
A soft mechanical sliding sound rang out as the exhibit rack installed in a hidden ceiling compartment slowly descended. The object hanging from it gleamed with a lustrous white sheen under the lights, reflected in the eyes of everyone present.
It was a carefully treated and "processed" section of a spine—the thing Luo had lost in this fortress many years ago.
She stood quietly beside the "artwork," her expression impossible to read. For a moment, Yu Sheng even thought she looked as if she might cry, but perhaps that fragile emotion had already faded from her life many years ago. She simply stood there in silence, and only after a long while did she softly break it. "Ah... It really is here."
Eileen sat on Yu Sheng's shoulder. She turned to look at the spine, then turned back to glance at the Blonde Elf beside her. After a while, apparently unable to stand the oppressive atmosphere any longer, she finally blurted out, "You're not actually thinking of putting that thing back, are you?"
"How could I?" Luo's emotions became disjointed again, and she stared at the little doll with an indescribably awkward expression. "Who could put their head back on after having it twisted off?"
"Me." Eileen looked completely justified. "Not only can mine be twisted off, it can be snapped off and put back too. Want me to snap one off for you right now? I'd just need to change bodies. This one won't do—it's broken, so Yu Sheng would have to glue it back together. Oh, right, I should tell you, Marlin's family's nanomachine swarm doesn't stick..."
Luo: "..."
"Why did you even bother arguing with her?" Yu Sheng sighed from the side and waved at Luo. "All right, hurry up and take it