Those memories lacked only the moments she wanted to relive.
Her thoughts began to rewind.
The scene froze on an ancient little town in the East.
Inside the martial arts school her father ran.
As a young girl, she stood in the courtyard, her gaze following the young men sweating through their training.
"Little girl, all this will be yours someday."
In her memories, her father made that promise with a smile.
Sadly, a Honkai Zombie's crushing blow destroyed that promise.
The school declined, and everyone drifted apart.
Honkai descended, erasing every trace.
The scene changed.
An academy in a foreign land.
The confusion and terror of being a newcomer, and an inferiority complex that ran bone-deep.
Then came the figures of her classmates.
A faint warmth stirred in her heart.
There, for the first time, she had close friends her own age.
Those six months were the most brilliant days of her life.
Until disaster swallowed everything once again.
Even her friends' faces had been washed by the years into blurry outlines, wavering like guttering candles in the wind.
Her captain appeared.
The woman who had pulled her back from the depths of despair in Canghai City and given her a reason to live.
Honkai had taken her away as well.
Only its method had been crueler-she became a Herrscher and was put to death under the Doctor's judgment.
The pages turned silently.
"Prometheus, are you still listening?"
"I'm here."
It was still that slightly youthful electronic voice.
"Time report."
"Time remaining on the countdown: one hour and thirteen minutes."
Ah.
Hua murmured inwardly.
So, pieced together, the fragments of a life worth remembering amounted to a mere fourteen minutes of lingering echoes.
She raised her hand, touching the wall panel with her fingertips.
The password was entered, and