He chuckled, and nodded, slowly stepping forward as if not to scare her.
"Yes," the child smiled. "I'm surprised you even recognized me in this form!"
"What are you... How did you get here?"
"Ah... Sorry, I only managed to find this way to interact with you. The System's archives are always useful, aren't they? You can dig some old things out, and just when everyone was thinking they wouldn't be useful again... But here we are."
"What are you doing here, Pan?" frowned Eden.
"I said I would help you, didn't I?" he smiled. "I'm not really here, sadly. I only took this physical appearance temporarily, to speak to you... I'm so glad you made it this far, Eden."
"...My friend is dead," she suddenly blurted out, angry. "Loir is dead, Pan. He's dead and I couldn't do anything to save him.
