When Chu Mu woke up, Kafka and Silver Wolf were already at his side.
He was lying in the Star Destroyer's medical bay. After the artificial intelligence Faf detected an abnormality in his heart rate, an alarm had immediately gone out.
Kafka had insisted on adding that feature back then precisely to prepare for situations like this.
Chu Mu tried to get up, but the pain in his heart had almost robbed him of the strength to take care of himself.
Even after taking in Red Sun and mastering the power of half a Path, he remained utterly helpless against this pain.
"The painkillers have been administered. Do you feel any better?" Silver Wolf asked with concern.
Chu Mu took shallow breaths. Only after a long while did he regain enough strength to speak, his voice hoarse:
"Much better."
"It took you so long to answer. Looks like the painkillers did nothing." Kafka shook her head and said softly, "You'll have to endure this pain yourself."
"It is an arrangement left behind by an Aeon, after all," Chu Mu sighed. "Even Sand Sea Planet is part of it."
"Were the memories you dreamed of this time related to Sand Sea?" Kafka asked.
"That's my guess. These memories always surface at critical moments, using cryptic fragments to guide me toward the truth." Chu Mu spoke slowly, with a self-deprecating edge. "It happened on Deep Blue, and now on Sand Sea. Every step we take falls within the Aeons' arrangements."
"Then is it still possible to leave?" Silver Wolf suggested. "Just blow up Sand Sea Planet with the Star Destroyer Cannon. Who cares what they've arranged? Blast it all to pieces."
"But Elio said you and I would each fulfill a wish here." Chu Mu shook his head. "Besides, there are too