Three Arrows

[AuruemSaber]

Sigma 59, Nobeoka Platform.

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Years had passed since Rebecca had last stepped foot on this platform; Nobeoka, ever a popular destination for daring Freelancers and adventurous GMG personnel.

Rebecca had been one of the latter years ago - lost, angry, and numb to the pleasantries of life. She had found her sanctuary here once but was now only visiting, and standing by the bar on the lookout for the reason that had brought her back.

Rebecca only felt an abject sense of disgust and pity as she thought back to those days. How she had fooled herself, convincing herself the barely sweetened taste of but a singular droplet could help her ignore the bitter, earthy root of the problem she tried to bury. That she was okay with the fact that the only people she had left after that hellhole had never bothered reaching out as long as they were doing fine themselves. Further still, that she was okay with the fact that the only face left of her childhood hadn't cared enough to try and talk to her after all those years up until the moment she served a purpose.

How could Rebecca have ever been so blind to it all stunned her as she stood by the bar, a glass of water in her hand, the ice floating around the ring at the top of the glass.

And yet as she raised the glass to her lips and felt the icy coldness spread on her lips, a voice shot out through her head. The voice of a woman, a voice she thought she had forgotten a long time ago. The woman's voice was laced with a venomous hatred as the thought slithered through her brain.

"The fact you're so surprised by that when
you have yet another glaringly obvious truth lying in front of you
that you've been blind to all this time is honestly pathetic.

Then again, what does that make me, Becks?
Considering we both know you're now
experiencing what you did to me."

Suddenly, the bitterly chilly sensation of her drink was nothing compared to the ache she felt as she recognized the voice in question. She could barely bring herself to bring up the name belonging to the voice in her mind as she felt her stomach sink.

"Kels..."