She had no idea how much time had passed. The silence was driving her to the brink of a breakdown. There was nothing around her but deathly silence, nothing at all.
Whenever she closed her eyes, she saw her hands covered in blood. Even her father gave a soft sigh and walked away with his back to her. No matter how desperately she chased him, she could never catch up...
All around her, figures with limbs torn apart by Titans cursed her endlessly. Every time she closed her eyes, she jolted awake again. This place was simply too quiet...
Footsteps sounded once more. Curled up in a corner, Annie raised her head with some difficulty.
Her surroundings seemed a little brighter.
Bai Yu walked into the cell and glanced around. Where was she?
Only then did he spot Annie huddled in the corner.
Seeing that she had not touched her food, he walked over and reached out to uncurl her arms from around her knees. She had no strength left now and simply let him move her.
He settled her against the cross in the middle of the room, picked up the dinner he had just brought, and gently blew on the steam rising from it. Perhaps Bai Yu had anticipated something, because this time dinner was porridge, easy to swallow, though there was not much of it.
He scooped up a spoonful and brought it to Annie's lips. Its faint aroma stirred the appetite she had suppressed. More importantly, at that moment, Annie could no longer sense the dead around her. They seemed to have vanished.
It was as though Bai Yu's arrival had brightened the room just enough to leave them nowhere to linger.
She parted her lips slightly and saw the faint curve of a smile at