"Mm, I'm awake..." Xiao You tried to make out its surroundings, but no matter how hard it looked, everything around it was pitch-black. There was nothing there.
"Yui, where are we..." Once Xiao You realized something was wrong with its surroundings, its groggy mind snapped awake. Feeling the voidlike darkness around it, panic welled up inside it. "This place feels really scary..."
Seeing that Xiao You was upset, Yui quickly reassured it. "It's all right, Xiao You. There's no danger here..."
"No danger... That's good..." Hearing Yui's words, Xiao You breathed a sigh of relief. Its panic vanished instantly, and it began to take an interest in the surrounding void.
Because it had discovered that it seemed to be able to float here. Its body didn't seem to have any weight at all.
Standing on Yui's shoulder, it gave a little hop, then watched in shock as its body drifted farther and farther from her shoulder. "Uh... Yui."
As its body moved uncontrollably farther away from Yui, it began to panic. It paddled its limbs frantically in midair, but instead of drifting toward her, it only moved farther away.
"Wait, Yui..." it called out to her, terrified that it would fly even farther away at any moment.
"What is Xiao You doing?" Watching this, Yui pressed a hand to her forehead in exasperation, then reached out, caught its tail, and pulled it back onto her shoulder.
"Xiao You, stay put. Don't wander off... If you get lost here, I really won't be able to find you again," Yui warned.
"What... That can actually happen? It's that serious?" Hearing Yui's warning, Xiao You immediately grabbed her clothes and didn't dare move again.
"Oh, right, Yui, you still haven't told me where we are. Why did everything turn pitch-black when I woke