As the black hole expanded, the pull inside it grew stronger and stronger.
My body began to float upward. Luckily, Han Yun grabbed me.
He shouldn't have had a physical body, but he was steadier than any living person who did.
Han Yun pulled me onward.
People around me were lifted into the air, screaming and flailing their arms as they tried to grab hold of something and steady themselves. I watched someone slam into the outer wall of an apartment building, then drop straight down. He didn't make another sound. Someone else was luckier: they grabbed a balcony window and struggled inside. Others clung to trees or grabbed the grass on the lawn. Some even huddled together, each person holding on to the next like a string of kites, and flew into the black hole.
Someone grabbed me.
The woman's long hair whipped in the air, and her face was twisted with terror. She clutched my clothes desperately, trying to grab my arm. Her eyes were wide, and even in the dark of night, I could see them clearly.
"Save me..." Her voice was warped, barely intelligible.
There was a soft rip from my sleeve.
The woman rose a few centimeters into the air, and screamed in fright.
I could reach out and grab her.
I looked at Han Yun.
I didn't know the limits of his abilities. If it were up to me, I'd have thought it was always better to save one more person. This was different from those beastly parents we'd met earlier.
But that thought lasted only a second in my mind.
Han Yun didn't look back at me. He kept pulling me forward without slowing down, and carrying another person didn't seem to trouble him.
"Help me!" the woman screamed and pleaded.
"I'm sorry,"