The group arrived at another toy room.
"There's a faint voice in here... Origami Birdie?" Misha looked around.
"That's the name of a good friend."
March 7th grew curious.
"You're friends with Origami Birdie too?"
Misha nodded.
"Yeah. Like Clock Kid and Miss Mirror, they're all crew members of the [Compass]."
"There's more than one Origami Birdie. They're a big family, with lots of brothers and sisters who look exactly alike."
"They follow Miss Mirror's instructions and handle all sorts of jobs aboard the ship. They're the best sailors."
"Sailors?" March 7th recalled the Clock Kid cartoon, puzzled.
"Was that ever part of Origami Birdie's story?"
Himeko asked,
"Little Misha, could you tell us more about the [Compass]?"
Misha nodded.
"The [Compass] is a ship bound for a new continent."
"It carried Clock Kid and his friends through layer after layer of mist, sailing deep into the sea."
"Whenever they ran into danger, Clock Kid used the compass to steer everyone in the right direction!"
Yan Huan tilted his head.
"Then shouldn't Clock Kid be called Compass Kid?"
"What a wonderful story," Himeko said.
"But in the Penacony cartoon, Clock Kid and his friends have always lived in Dreamville. I don't think they've ever left it?"
Misha froze.
"Huh?"
"I guess... that's true."
He fell into confusion again.
"But I clearly remember... Clock Kid reaching the new continent in the end..."
At that, Detective Yan Huan had a fair idea of what was going on.
"I get it."
"Maybe what you're telling us is actually Clock Kid's past?"
Yan Huan studied the room's furnishings and ventured a guess.
"We know Clock Kid was based on the Clockmaker, and the Clockmaker was one of the Nameless aboard the Star Rail Express."
"If that's the case, maybe this so-called Compass... is the