Doctor lowered her eyes to the blanket draped over her. The holes in it, everything she had been through lately, played before her eyes like a revolving lantern.
Ugh... so cold... It was cold even in the garbage heap!
Ah! A blanket! Even though it had a few holes... at least it could block the wind.
Mmm—so comfortable...
I was going to escape this city... I couldn't take too many of the things I'd scavenged with me...
But at least I should take the blanket, right?
That's right, I needed a blanket to keep warm!
How about that! Bet you didn't expect me to actually snag a vehicle! Impressive, right, Blanket!
Blanket! For the journey ahead, the two of us would be traveling companions!
Please take care of me!
"Damn ittttt!!!"
An inexplicable fury surged from deep within Doctor's heart!
Why?!
I hated this feeling!
This feeling of casually sacrificing the people or things I cherished for some so-called optimal solution!
"Damn it! You bastard! You couldn't even protect your own blanket! What else could you possibly protect!!!"
She shouted, then gritted her teeth, raised the banknotes, lit them, and shoved them into the firewood!
"I don't know why! But I know I definitely wouldn't be the kind of person who sacrifices the people around me for some greater good!"
"You, the one from before who said you were another me! Watch this!!!"
"This is my! Determination!!!"
She shouted and roared, as though pouring her feelings out to her past self, who had long since vanished.
Then she watched the banknotes in her hand slowly catch fire, turning to ash amid the flames, before gradually scattering sparks across the wood—
Until...
"Huh?"
Doctor froze, looking at the mere few sparks that had caught on the wood.
The banknotes she