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Here it is—
Selena!
Ayla slashes the closed cabin door a few times, bashing it out of shape.
And then—
Ha!
She kicks the door away.
Selena, you there...?
The interior of the cabin is barely visible under the dim emergency lights.
A terminal near the wall is still running. It displays many charts and data.
?
The terminal's control panel has been ripped off, with a few connectors plugged in. On the other side of the cables...
...
Was the lifeless remains of half a humanoid... Leaning on the corner.
Her hands lay limply on the floor. Her eyes empty. Life has left her body.
Selena...
Ayla puts her scythe down. She slowly approaches and crouches down—
As she gradually reaches out for her face—
—!
The carcass suddenly jerks, as if she had felt Ayla.
Ayla is shocked for a split second, but she regains her composure immediately.
The dark eyes of the carcass start to light up.
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Ay...
Selena... Thank goodness... You're alive.
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Selena's sound unit seems to have been heavily damaged. Her voice comes out bitter and strange.
As if she is concerned about her voice, she no longer makes any sound.
Don't worry, Selena. I'll run some checks now, and I'll bring you back. We can get you a new body then.
Ayla starts to check Selena's various body functions.
...
Fortunately, Selena is a support-type Construct; so her infection level was kept under the threshold.
Ayla believes that Selena's strong will to survive must have also helped.
Great, looks like you will last until we get home.
Ayla looks at Selena, then the terminal that she is connected to.
Did you survive only because of the energy from this space station terminal...?
How Selena struggled through many dark days was beyond Ayla's imagination.
Right, the song...
You connected yourself to the terminal, then added your song to the interference signal broadcasted by the space station...
That's how you did it, right? Selena, you must've been waiting for me to notice...
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Sorry, I came too late...
I'm bringing you home, right now.
Wait...
Just when Ayla is about to unplug Selena from the terminal...
The terminal screen changes.
This is... the space station's database...
And surveillance camera footage... Wait, is this Gray Raven?
Gray Raven members can be seen on the ring of the gravity room. They looked clueless.
Selena... Do you want me to help them?
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But the communication device here isn't functioning...
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...Okay, I'll try to find another terminal nearby.
Hope this won't take too long...
