The moon was silent, as always. A vast, silver wasteland stretching into eternity, where only my footsteps and the distant hum of Honkai energy broke the stillness. I had grown used to the solitude, the endless sky above me, and the knowledge that Earth was far, far away. But today… something felt different.

A flicker of movement caught my eye. Not the usual disturbances, not a mere echo of Honkai presence—something new. My heart tightened as I approached the anomaly.

A cocoon.

I had seen these before. The remnants of Honkai evolution, the prisons that birthed destruction. But this one… it wasn’t like the others. The structure was fragile, webbed with cracks as if it had been fighting against itself from the inside. The energy radiating from it was erratic—both human and Honkai, colliding and shifting in a way that shouldn’t be possible.

I stepped closer, my fingers tightening around my weapon. The air around it pulsed. Alive.

Then—

A sharp crack.

The cocoon split open, its shell shattering like fragile glass. A wave of energy burst forth, pushing me back slightly. Dust and debris lifted into the weightless atmosphere, swirling around the figure that emerged.

And then I saw it—

Them.

A person. Or… something close to one. Their body bore the marks of the Honkai, veins glowing faintly beneath pale skin. Their hair, a strange mix of colors shifting like a mirage. But their eyes—

Their eyes weren’t just Honkai’s. They were human too.

For a moment, we just stared at each other. A tense silence hung between us, filled with unspoken questions. Who were they? How had they ended up here? Were they a threat?

I raised my weapon slightly, not in hostility, but in caution.

“…You’re not supposed to be here.” My voice was steady, but my mind raced.