“I remember now! I’m dead!”
“Yup.”
“And I’d been stuck here this entire time?”
“Yup.”
In response to Noa’s successive hysteric cries, Grimm stood at the corner, flatly responding on each.
“How long had it been?” She faced Grimm.
“10 years.”
“10 YEARS!?” Noa repeated and the revelation triggered her to frantically and aimlessly walk around, confused, panicking. Grimm and Shine let her be. Just like the Kübler-Ross model, she needed to break through the earlier stages first before the eventual calming down upon the Acceptance Stage. But then, “Wait,” she abruptly stopped and demanded, “My ship! What happened to my ship?!”
“You’re in it,” Grimm replied. “This is your ship.”
“What!?” She was shocked and gave the chamber a second look.
“Don’t worry,” Grimm reassured her. “After you di
