The world outside blurs into streaks of neon and rain
Yuki follows Kairi across rooftops
Not asking questions
Just moving
Breathing
Surviving
They drop into a tunnel hidden beneath an abandoned train station
Old tracks eaten by rust
Wall markings written in a language Yuki cannot read
> Yuki
Where are we
> Kairi
A seal chamber
Built from someone else's memory
It is safe
For now
The tunnel hums with low energy
Memory signatures pulse like veins under the floor
Kairi kneels and touches a cracked tile
It glows
Then opens
A stairway descends
Not made of metal
But static
Flickering
As if time itself carved it
> Kairi
Once we go down
Your shard will react
Try to hold your mind together
If the seal resists you
It means you are not ready to see
Yuki swallows his fear
Nods
And steps into the static
The moment his foot lands
The air changes
Thick
Heavy
Saturated with emotion
Images flash around them
A child's laugh
A broken umbrella
A man screaming in silence
Then nothing
They walk deeper
Until a room unfolds from the dark
Perfectly round
Lit by floating embers
In the center
A door made of mirror shards
> Kairi
This is the sealed memory
One of yours
Or hers
Maybe both
> Yuki
What happens if I open it
> Kairi
You see the truth
But it might not be whole
Or real
Or safe
Yuki steps closer
The shard in his hand pulses
The mirror door breathes
Like it has been waiting
> Yuki's thoughts
I never wanted any of this
But if I turn back now
I will never understand who I was
Or what she died for
He touches the mirror
It melts into light
And pulls him in
Suddenly
He is standing in a park
Gray sky
Autumn leaves falling in reverse
His mother sits on a bench
Holding a baby
> Yuki
Is that me
She looks up
Eyes filled with fear
And love
> Reika
You are going to forget this
And when you remember
Run
A sound breaks the scene
Like glass exploding inside his chest
Yuki turns
A figure in black is approaching
Archive symbol etched across the coat
> Reika
They found us
The scene shakes
Memory unraveling
Yuki grabs for his mother
But his hand passes through
> Yuki
No
Wait
The baby version of him begins to cry
The Archive agent reaches for Reika
Then everything collapses
Yuki wakes up on the ground of the chamber
Sweating
Shaking
> Kairi
What did you see
> Yuki
The first day I forgot her
And the moment they started hunting me
Even back then
I was never safe
He looks at his hand
The shard now burned with a new mark
An old symbol
One he does not recognize
But it feels like it belongs to him
> Yuki's thoughts
If they want my memories
They are going to have to survive them first