Midnight settled over the strange chamber, the absence of windows making time itself feel abstract and fluid. Eren stood near the wall, staring at the featureless white expanse surrounding them. Sleep eluded him despite his exhaustion, his mind wrestling with questions that had no answers in this alien place.
The humic had finally settled, nestled in a small depression it had made in the corner of the pillow beside Viva's silver hair. Its tiny form rose and fell with shallow breaths, wings occasionally twitching as though chasing something in dreams.
