The Fifth Expansion, Sixth Chapter: "An Era Led by Eternity"...
"Mommy, are we going to eat something yummy?"
On a brilliant azure planet, in a bustling, tidy city-center square, a little catgirl with soft fur and a pair of fluffy triangular ears tightly clutched her mother's slightly rough hand with her own chubby little hand.
Her large, dewy eyes, like the purest emeralds, were filled with undisguised hope and longing.
She sucked her thumb, drool dripping ceaselessly from the corner of her mouth and wetting a small patch of the snowy fur on her chest.
"Yes, we are~ When has Mommy ever lied to you~?"
"My little greedy kitten. Every time I bring you into the city, all you think about is eating. Aren't you afraid of becoming a little fat cat?"
The adult catwoman, her face somewhat haggard and a few faint lines already showing at the corners of her eyes, gently bent down and lifted her precious daughter, whose whole fluffy body smelled of milk, into her arms.
As she walked, she softly stroked her daughter's fluffy little head with her broad, warm hand, with boundless affection.
Her tail, too, could not help swaying gently in that moment of happiness and peace.
But just as she gathered herself and prepared to carry her food-loving darling to the nearby grilled-fish restaurant she had promised to visit countless times, the bustling city towering into the clouds before her, the adorable daughter giggling up at her in her arms, and even the endless stream of people in the streets-everything froze at that moment, without warning.
Like an ancient painted scroll put on pause, all color, all sound, and every trace of life were utterly stripped away and frozen in that instant.
At that moment, her own field of vision was suddenly,