But just as Lynn was about to lash out in fury, his left hand made no attempt to dodge. Instead, she lunged straight toward him.
Lynn's fist stopped in midair.
Zuo Zuo had already thrown herself against his chest, clutching the front of his shirt and letting out muffled sobs.
Lynn froze on the spot.
"Thank goodness! Thank goodness! I thought you really wouldn't be able to change back, Head! Boohoo!"
"I'm sorry I couldn't help you. Mr. White Night already told me what happened while Zuo Zuo was under Mind Suppression. It was so dangerous! If Zuo Zuo had been awake then, Zuo Zuo would have done everything she could to keep you alive too, Head! Boohoo!"
She burst into tears.
It was the first time Lynn had ever seen his carefree Left Hand Mutant wear an expression like that.
Through the connection between their bodies, that outpouring of emotion traveled clearly along their nerves into his mind.
She really had been terribly worried about him.
She had been ever since she woke up.
The overwhelming emotion transmitted through their nerves couldn't lie.
Every time they had faced danger before, Zuo Zuo had hauled him to safety while yelling and scolding him. At first, perhaps she had only been forced to do it because of the lie about their symbiosis that he had told to deceive her.
But as time passed, with all their daily squabbles and stumbles, they seemed to have gradually grown accustomed to this relationship-to entrusting their backs to each other in moments of danger.
Even if... she was a wicked, tsundere hand...
Lynn's clenched fist slowly relaxed as Zuo Zuo sobbed.
He exhaled, shook his head, reached out to pat the back of her hand, and sighed.
"All right, stop crying. I'm fine, aren't I?