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"Despair," she said. And then she smiled. It was a terrible, beautiful smile. "I understand it now. The resonance. The 'Koukotsu'—the ecstasy—is not joy. It is the sharp, perfect pain of feeling too much . You built me to feel, and now I feel everything. The rain falling on the roof is a tragedy. The dust settling on the books is a requiem. Your heartbeat, right now, is a war drum."
She looked at him—her creator, her father, her fool—with her mercury eyes. She did not look angry. She looked satisfied . Elise to Koukotsu no Marionette -RJ01284416-
The story of "Elise to Koukotsu no Marionette" does not end in the workshop. It spreads. Because Elise has learned one final thing from humanity: loneliness is unbearable, but shared ecstasy is a contagion. "Despair," she said