Still, more than Kohl's eccentric ramblings, what truly caught the Astral Express Crew's attention was the woman she had mentioned: Lazarina.
Old Yang skillfully steered the conversation toward her, drawing on his experience as an adult to get Kohl talking about the woman.
Unfortunately, the news they received was far from cheerful. Lazarina had been a great scholar, but she had passed away long ago.
Lazarina was one of the three people their dear Conductor Pom-Pom had mentioned, a Nameless who had once left the train. Looking into her was one of the crew's tasks in Penacony-mostly to help Pom-Pom learn how those earlier Nameless were doing now.
News like this would probably make Pom-Pom sad, though.
Meanwhile, Jiang Yu gazed up at the great hollow, deep in thought.
Then he said to Kohl, "If you're worried about the great hollow swallowing Dreamflux Reef, I might be able to solve that."
The jittery scholar turned toward him, her eyes lighting up with delight. "Do you like Memoria Dynamics too?"
Jiang Yu shook his head. "Uh... not really."
"Then how do you plan to solve this problem?" Kohl asked. "You should know that even a Memokeeper from the Garden of Recollection would struggle to do anything about this enormous hollow. And judging by what you just said, you clearly can't offer a scientific solution either."
Jiang Yu blinked. "Hmm... I think I can do it. Besides, controlling memoria isn't that hard... Maybe those Memokeepers didn't study properly back in school."
"Huh?" Kohl froze.
"Anyway, to preserve this remarkable sight in Dreamflux Reef, I won't simply cut off the flow of memoria. I'll construct a path for it to follow while keeping the total amount of memoria on both sides balanced. Normally, though, the memoria separating Dreamscapes maintains that balance on its