>>6004227“W-what? Why would I believe you?”
>Mental Corruption is not high enough for failure“No! I don’t believe you!”
“You don’t need to, but you will when you find out,” She says still with that damned smile.
“Argh! Just take me back!”
“But we only just got here? Shouldn’t sisters want to spend time with one another?”
“I am in a war zone! And you aren’t my sister!”
“You know if you stay just a teensy bit longer I can help you out, big sis. After all, who said that little girl has to die in every timeline?”
“W-what?” The images flood back to the front of your mind, the charred corpse trying to claw her way to safety, “N-no you’re lying!”
“You know, Ina, I don’t really get where all this hostility is coming from. Sisters are meant to look after each other after all. I only want good things to happen to you.”
None of this, absolutely none of this, makes any sense. You want to go home. Hell, even the battle would be better than whatever is happening right at this moment. Elsewhere, a frog ribbits as it jumps into the slow-moving stream.
“Here’s the deal, I’ll answer any one question. <span class="mu-i">SHE</span> won’t be able to get mad at that little. But then I’ll either send you on your way or you can stay and listen to my contract. Doesn’t that sound fair?”
You want to go home. Back to your large comfy bed, back to your armory, away from the Strangers, away from death, and away from the little gremlin in front of you.
“Or I could just send you back now before you start crying. You should be glad our tutor isn’t here, what would he think?”
>You just want to leave>You decide to ask a question to the girl (What)>Maybe you can sit still as the girl explains this “contact” nonsense. The tree you’re under at least provides decent shade. 