'I'm running out of lives, but this thing doesn't need to know that.'
"FAMILY… F…AMILY…. Family…?"
Taking Cassius out of his thoughts were the mumblings of the Original Abyss. For some reason, it started to change, with all of its anger vanishing without a trace.
Yet, that anger seemed to have been replaced with… sadness.
Immense sorrow.
Believing that this was a better time to spark up a conversation, Cassius asked, "Are you ready to talk now?"
A human-like expression appeared on the blackened-eyed chubby boy's face as he suddenly turned his head up. "Talk…? With Family…?"
"Yes," replied Cassius, his violent aura gradually subsiding. "Talk with family."
The chubby boy's sadness worsened. "But… But Family is… Am alone. Am alone… Why am I alone…?"
Cassius was unable to understand what was going on, but he still tried to help solve the problem. "Listen, kid—"
