Right now, Mirayuki and I are inside my mind, a digital world created by Sapphire based on my memory of that recent nightmare. The scene is exactly as it was revealed to me: a pitch-black space with the ground covered in blood.
I can't make any sense of where this location might be. Perhaps we are inside a barrier of darkness created by that demon? Possibly. However, the more plausible interpretation is that this memory is not entirely perfect. I can only see what the future version of me sees. And when under tunnel vision due to stress, people can only see what matters the most.
This time around, even though I'm more used to it now, seeing Sophia and her parents dying like that, and seeing that demon's face again, still triggers a violent rage inside me. Sapphire had to give me a large boost of antipsychotic neurotransmitters to numb my emotions.
Meanwhile, Mirayuki is also in shock. She burst into tears the first time she saw the demon rip my heart out.
