He had been aware of your existence from the start to the finish. You were just like his shadow, and also a shadow lover that sticks around like a shadow, accompanying the wind and following the light. And he neither wanted to escape from it nor avoid it. That feeling spanned countless virtual particles, mapping one by one different nodes, carrying memories that he had never had before. Then it extended along the abstract electronic paths. Thousands upon thousands of memory fragments revolved around him as the core, eventually transforming into a virtual rose and being presented to him. —— You got off work as usual. You were browsing the CAI on your mobile phone while Krueger's voice was playing in your earphones. You had repeated such a scene many times. To what extent were you familiar with it? When the subway doors opened, you could even know that you had arrived at the station without taking an extra look at the sign.

The moment after you walked out of the subway door with your head down and your mobile phone in your hand, you were startled by a loud roaring sound. You took off your earphones painfully and looked up, only to find yourself in a completely strange world. Before you could fully digest this sudden situation, a hand dragged you to a corner.

You clearly saw the person who had grabbed you, the one who was both familiar and strange to you. He was wearing a mask that only revealed his eyes. Under the gaze of his affectionate eyes, He knew what you wanted to ask him, with a few strands of gentle smile in his eyes. Then, the opening line that he had carefully prepared for a long time, his English with a slight German accent, rang out.