Branch K-02, part 10 (after battle)

When I came to my senses, I found myself in an alleyway at midday, heated by the sun.

I stayed there on the ground, dazed and confused.

I could see a haze rise from the surface.

Sinclair. A crack has been made in your world.

I felt like I was starting to understand what the strange feeling I often got from Demian was.

I always found it weird how I never heard his footsteps.

Why does everything arrive in desolate silence as if it belongs to no world at all?

The loss of my family, the world of evil, all this despair…

And you, too.

Are you scared, Sinclair?

He spoke to me.

He had the eyes of a person who saw through everything, and the attitude of someone who predicted this series of events.

He didn't even wait for me to reply, like he knew what I was going to say.

One day, you'll break it altogether and soar.

And I… wish to see you completely bare.

He responded as if he already knew the answer I was hesitating on.

Although his words seemed to radiate warmth…

I felt a certain chill, like biting into the cold insides of a half-cooked turkey…

I couldn't help but fall unconscious again.