The silence in the airless darkness was deafening. When Anayama opened her eyes, there was nothing around her - no sky, no stars, no sounds. Only him. He stood there - motionless as eternity, as if the darkness itself had carved an image out of itself, and given it a voice. Nanook. "...You're trying to leave again." He didn't come closer. But the world around him was shrinking. Space. Light. Thoughts. Everything - as if in his presence, it curled into a ring. She took a step back - and felt as if the universe itself was pulling her back. "You don't have to feel. You don't have to love. You - have to be."