Hawkins in the Dream

At that moment, Ai Miye asked, "Anna, what should we do now? There doesn't seem to be anything here but clouds."

"Let's head this way. We should find something else along the way. Come on." Anna pointed ahead, sounding certain.

She set off in front, and Ai Miye hurried after her. As they walked, she asked, "How do you know we'll find something this way?"

"Have you noticed that the light is coming from this direction?" Anna asked.

Ai Miye hadn't paid attention to the light before. Now that Anna had mentioned it, she realized it really was coming from that direction. "It is!"

"Dream creatures are much like insects. They're drawn to light, so if we head toward it, there's a good chance we'll run into one," Anna explained.

Ai Miye nodded. "I see. So we'll find a dream creature soon?"

"Yes, we should run into one," Anna said, confirming her guess.

Ai Miye couldn't help looking forward to it. She murmured, "I wonder what the dream creatures in my dreams look like. Will they be as cute as little fairies?"

"..."

Hearing that, Anna suddenly had a bad feeling.

The next moment, the clouds ahead of them formed a sheer cliff. Far below it sprawled the enormous Infinite City.

"Infinite City is in my dream!" Ai Miye exclaimed.

Anna rolled her eyes. She had spotted Infinite City before Ai Miye had, but back then it had looked vague, like a mirage. The instant Ai Miye saw it, the city snapped into focus.

It was like a video jumping from 480p to 1080p, turning high-definition in an instant.

"Come on. Let's go down," Anna said with a sigh.

Infinite City had countless residents. Ai Miye couldn't possibly remember every one of them, so a dream creature might have been