The mass evacuation of Rivet Town began.
At first, most people thought little of it, but after witnessing the horrors that had befallen several families, they quickly began to evacuate.
What pained Natasha was that many people she knew had also been swallowed by the Fragmentum.
Among them were two sisters who had only each other. The older sister had gone out to find medicine for the younger one and never returned.
She had left her young, blind sister all alone, with no one to turn to.
Blindness reminded Natasha of the boy who had once lived at the Orphanage.
That boy, Chu Mu, had shown no panic even when he lost his sight. Instead, he had done everything he could to comfort the others.
He had left this place for the starry skies Natasha could not see from the Underworld.
Natasha often remembered that afternoon, when she received a bag of Winter City Shields and Credits, along with a letter tucked inside.
"Miss Natasha, I'm leaving this place. You might have a use for these things."
"I have already embarked on a Path, and I will return to the Sea of Stars to seek the truth about my origins."
"Some of this money came from my savings. The rest was squeezed out of the Underworld by an old mole. I'm returning it to the people of the Underworld."
"The day of my departure came far too suddenly. Please forgive me for not being able to say goodbye to you all in person."
"I don't have much confidence that I'll be able to return from this journey to the Sea of Stars. Books say that journeys through the Sea of Stars can easily take decades, even centuries, and time passes differently there than it does on the ground... Waiting is