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There are a lot of people like me? Then shouldn't you be able to tell me the way forward?

Elder brother, I want to be showy-showy like you, what should I do?

No mourners, no funerals. Another way of saying good luck. But it was something more. A dark wink to the fact that there would be no expensive burials for people like them, no marble markers to remember their names, no wreaths of myrtle and rose.

We once made cookies together to have with tea. She struggled with it even more than I'd expected. But she managed to make the cutest cookie you've ever seen— a mini Cyclops.

It feels like I haven't been here in forever. But nothing is different.

Give too much, and it will burst. Give too little, and it will wilt. It's all about control. Not too little, nor too much. Just the right amount. Such a concept is appropriate when watering flowers. Yet, it is the same when putting effort into a project.

O LORD I THANK THEE FOR THY MAGNIFICIENT GUIDANCE! I never dreamed we'd meet so soon!

Truthfully, I lost all my luggage. Mm, not just my rations and travel money, but my maps, tent, papers, change of clothes and my beloved little teapot... yes, all lost.

I can do anything! I am healthy and hale, quite ripped even! And I most certainly am not afraid of the Infected! I guarantee you'll get your money's worth!

WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AWAY? BECAUSE I'M GETTING AN INFINITELY UNPLEASANT PREMONITION!

Sometimes, you must sever ties with someone you once thought yourself to be close to. Yet, do not blame yourself when the thread breaks. Nor should you blame the other. Just as the trees continue to grow and wither, it is time that encourages you to move forward. You can do it.

Daddy! Daddy! I won't say things like that anymore! And when I grow up... I'll make a medicine for you so you won't get frozen! Then you won't cry anymore, right? I'm gonna grow up really fast!

I'm so sorry, Shelt, so sorry...

Are you a friend of the vampires? Or do you side with the humans!? —I'm neither. Chloe... I like vampires. And, in the same way... I like humans.

Not wanting to work... Isn't a sin, right?

No mourners, no funerals. Another way of saying good luck. But it was something more. A dark wink to the fact that there would be no expensive burials for people like them, no marble markers to remember their names, no wreaths of myrtle and rose.

But if everything I say is a lie, and I say “everything I say is a lie”, then is it still a lie?

It began... ...with a desperate father's wish.

...And find the truth for myself.

There will be a test at a future date. Test... The sound of the word fills me with dread.