The red thread hummed.
"If I cut it," he said slowly, "do you disappear?"
"I'm the knot you forgot you tied," she replied. "Prototype30p2 isn't a prison, Ryuu. It's a promise you made to yourself. That you'd remember what breaking felt like. So you'd never do it again."
Ryuu01 didn't turn. He didn't need to. The girl in the yellow raincoat was standing three feet away, barefoot on the wet stones. Her eyes were the same gray as the sky.
And now, Ryuu01 was here to cut the final thread.