The world swallowed her.
Taira Sakurako felt like she was walking through a dark tunnel.
She couldn't see the end ahead, and occasionally, echoes would reverberate through the tunnel. Someone would tell her to eat, to drink, and the things in her hands would turn into food or cups. She was extremely hungry, unable to resist looking back at the way she came. The outside world was full of traps.
"I caught you! I caught you—"
"Please eat something, I beg you..."
"There's someone in the cupboard! It's a child! Emergency responders, where are the emergency responders?!"
"External stimuli causing palpitations, mental breakdown, dissociation..."
"I'm Investigation Officer Kaga Keido; do you mind if I ask you a few questions?"
...
She could hear and see, but she couldn't and didn't want to respond, as if her soul and body had been separated.
