505's response was so absurd, so wildly unexpected, that Skyler couldn't help but want to facepalm in exasperation.
Yet, as Skyler considered 505's words, he had to admit they made a strange kind of sense—so much so that he couldn't find a way to argue against them. Alas, he had only recalled a fragment of the memory.
He didn't know what happened after Nate assisted him or why he had been in such a miserable condition, so Skyler couldn't tell whether, in that life, he had done what 505 had just told him or something else.
A hesitant voice suddenly echoed from behind him, barely more than a whisper.
"Was I also… among those who walked away?"
The princess pressed her lips together, unsure why she had said what she did.
Skyler paused, then turned to the woman standing behind him, his gaze shimmering with a faint, ethereal white glow. It wasn't him speaking—though he was still present.
