[ Her lips part as if she is able to say something that should come quite natural to her in response— I love you, as well, words easily said for someone like Pyra who is usually quite affectionate.

But instead she blinks just as she is about to repeats them back to him, knowing that they... may sound almost cruel, when no emotion is spoken with them. ] I...

Don’t love you.

[ A pause, and her brow furrows as she frowns. ]

Which is... I’m certain that I do. But I feel...

[ ........Ah. She has an answer now as to what is missing.

This is Chroma’s doing, and suddenly she feels like an idiot for not realizing sooner. ]



This world took that feeling away, didn’t it?

[ Helplessly, she turns to him. ] How can I get it back?