[＞＞＞Formatting complete.]
"＞＞＞Goodbye, Peach."
After Cyrene disappeared once more, the Memory Seed fell silent for a moment, then automatically played a scene it had recorded before.
Like a child who couldn't bear the silence after a TV show ended and hit replay.
In the dim evening light, Cyrene's voice from the past sounded again inside the iron cage.
["As long as I record every page of the story and tell it to you..."]
["Amphoreus won't be abandoned."]
The seed paused. Its light flickered as it searched through its internal database.
"＞＞＞Search: record..."
As it searched, Laigushi's cold, stern broadcast voice happened to emerge from the cage.
["Electrical signal sequence: PoleMos600... Path: Strife."]
The seed tried hard to make a connection and understand:
"＞＞＞Association: steamed rice flour."
"＞＞＞Note: tasty."
Laigushi's voice came again, utterly devoid of emotion.
["Electrical signal sequence: SkeMma720. Path: Reason."]
"＞＞＞Association: pear. Apricot."
"＞＞＞Note: both are flowers."
["Electrical signal sequence: PhiLia093..."]
"＞＞＞Association: sorrow, short, love..."
"＞＞＞Learning..."
"＞＞＞Note: Peach = Love?"
Watching the seed learn, imitate Cyrene, and even begin trying to understand emotion, Yan Huan thought of a possibility...
He turned his head and glanced at Cyrene beside him. She said nothing, merely watching the memory with a faint smile.
"..."
Then he set his speculation aside and focused on the images of the past again.
[＞＞＞System running...] [＞＞＞Runtime error: 0me13:\amphoreus\Irontomb.exe] [＞＞＞An unhandled exception occurred (2/3). Object name: An innocent... dream...] [＞＞＞Click "Excerpt" to ignore the error and continue ＞ Click "Details" to view the full log] [→Excerpt] [→Details]
Yan Huan promptly clicked "Details" again.
[＞＞＞Philia093.exe running...]
Cyrene's figure took shape once more beside the birdcage. She looked at the seed within and spoke gently, a trace of longing hidden in her voice:
"Looks like it's time for us to part again."
The Memory