After his meeting with Aera, Riley immediately returned to his dorm, his thoughts heavier than usual.
The air around him was still cold from that conversation, her words echoing faintly in his mind.
Seo's emotions, huh…
He muttered to himself, leaning against the door as he shut it behind him.
That orb — the one Aera had shown him — wasn't something unfamiliar.
He remembered it well. In the game, it was a special item found only in Seo's route.
A tool that held her emotions… her real feelings, locked and sealed away.
An item that could completely alter who she was.
In the game's story, if the player used it, Seo would change — her detached, emotionless self would transform into someone full of life, warmth, and affection.
It was the so-called "true ending" path, the one where she finally became "complete."
But that was just the game.
The real Seo — the one he'd come to know, laugh with, and hold close — wasn't broken. She wasn't emotionless, not in the slightest.
