For a long time, perhaps an entire night, or perhaps a lifetime.
Lynn listened as the girl spoke softly, listened to her reluctance to let go and her choking sobs. She was not truly incapable of understanding anything; the curse had simply frozen her mind forever at that innocent age.
She told him so much.
She said that on many nights, her mother would sob, holding her close and telling her about everything that had happened during that time, one thing after another.
She said that Lynn always tried to tell them about heavy things as though they were jokes. He said he would definitely take them back to the Main Universe. Even after learning that the Main Universe had long since become the front line of the apocalypse, he never showed them any discouragement. He always told them, "Keep your spirits up!"
She said she had heard what Aunt Angel had told him: "Lynn, why must you live for other people? Just as you always say, make yourself a selfish bastard. Live neither for heaven nor earth, only for yourself. What would be wrong with that?"
He had heard Uncle Awen and the Colossus mention it many times.
They wanted to return to the Main Universe, but in truth, they had never dared hope to win this war.
They merely wanted to find closure for the suffering brought by the Great Fall three thousand years ago, to let out one defiant cry, to prove through their deaths that they had not become cowards.
But Lynn...
He truly wanted to lead these defeated souls to a future they could win.
He wanted to take everyone home, back to the home they remembered.
"Everyone supports you!!"
Xiao Xiao shouted with all her might, but soon she grew sorrowful again, trembling all