"Mei... she's so pitiful..."
If the earlier parts of the story had still been bearable, Raven's part had even made Miko laugh.
But she really couldn't hold back during what came next! Griseo's emotional blades were getting more and more outrageous.
They were getting sharper and sharper...
Mei's sense of helplessness made Miko's heart ache for her.
She had obviously already endured so many emotional blows. She shouldn't have been affected by a story like this, yet Miko's emotions were completely beyond her control.
Damn it, Griseo had made her cry again.
"That disaster allowed me to meet you."
"For the first time in my life, my path became intertwined with someone else's."
"From that day onward, loneliness and desolation gradually drifted away from me."
"Somehow, I was no longer afraid of the darkness... because I knew there was a beam of light that would always be there."
As Raiden Mei recalled the Third Eruption, it had been the first time she and Kiana met. Kiana's arrival had saved her from despair.
But this time, unlike in her memories, Kiana did not take her hand again.
Raiden Mei could only watch helplessly as that familiar figure drifted farther and farther away from her.
"Kiana... come back!"
Mei cried out in agony.
Pain wrapped around Mei like thorns and tripped her to the ground. Rain soaked her entire body, yet she merely struggled to raise her head and watched that lonely figure cross the raging wind and rain, flying toward the horizon.
A massive number of quantum monsters lunged at that figure. With every collision, golden flashes tore across the sky. Mei knew that every ray of light was Kiana burning away her life.
"No... please... stop fighting...!"
She knew that no matter what she said now, Kiana could not hear