'Why does it feel like I'm about to make an enemy of the whole world?'
Wei'en let out a self-deprecating laugh. He glanced at Tina, whose eyes, now clear and bright, were fixed on him. He couldn't help but reach out and stroke her long, silver-white hair. "Do you remember what the clown just said?"
"Tina remembers." The white-haired girl nodded lightly. One of her hands still held his, while the other clutched a tattered teddy bear.
"Do you want to be devoured by that woman?" Wei'en asked bluntly, not mincing his words.
"Tina... devoured?"
"She'll devour everything you are—your body, your soul, and your origin," Wei'en said gravely, gazing into her eyes. "You won't be you anymore. It'll be as if you never existed in this world..."
"Tina... gone?" The white-haired girl instinctively tightened her grip on his hand and swung her teddy bear. "Tina... Brother Wei'en... gone?"
"That's right. When that happens, you won't remember me, and I won't see her as you..."
