Branch K-02, part 1 (after battle)

Well I'll be… You've all… gotten better at fighting, haven't you…?

A faint voice calls to us from the corner.

Saude…?

Saude was resting against the wall, exhausted.

She was covered in bites and gnawings left by the Peccatula.

Are you alright? Can you get up easily?

Saude could barely talk, let alone stand on her feet; she slowly began to speak, each word filled with pain.

Effie… How is he…?

Alive, yeah? You… must've met outside…

Everyone is hesitant to answer Saude's desperate question.

How could any of us inform her of the morbid state Effie was in and how we had to put him out of his misery?

…Yes, he's doing fine now.

Hong Lu answered quietly.

No Sinner came forward to elaborate.

That's enough chatter.

It seems more of those oddities are crawling our way.

A swarm of Peccatula approached us.

It was as though our guilt about lying to her had gained physical form.