chapter 2: page 5

"Yeah, it's pretty gross!" Eden whispers to Mira as she takes her Paws.

Mira walks over to a table, hot chocolate in hand.

She looks at the ceiling, then to her hot chocolate, seeing her reflection in the liquid.

As she stares at it, her thoughts fill her surroundings.

[Why are you trying to distract yourself? You're trying to save your friend. Get it together, idiot.]

[What if you go home and Farlin is dead in the bathtub with blood all over the walls? Be a good sister and come back home!]

[You should pour this hot chocolate all over your face and see if anyone notices.]

[What if Lucy was the good one and you were actually the asshole?]

[Do you really think you deserve a good relationship? Nyangeryne will just be another Lucy.]

[Stop lying to yourself and admit this "oblivious" act is a cover-up to avoid any intimacy.]

Mira ignores all these thoughts as she drinks her hot chocolate slowly.