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“No,” Reiji agreed. “It’s not. But it’s the truth. And the truth, Toko, is the only thing the Shell never taught you.”

He sat beside her now, the plastic chair creaking under his weight. -ENG- The Shell Part III- Paradiso -V1.0.0H-

He woke with a gasp, his hand around the grip of a gun he no longer carried. The hotel room was dark. The sea whispered outside the window—not waves, but voices. Hundreds of them. Speaking in unison. “No,” Reiji agreed

“You saved me from the Shell,” she whispered. “But you opened the door to heaven. And heaven, Reiji, is where God watches you drown in your own happiest memory.” That night, Reiji dreamed of his mother. -ENG- The Shell Part III- Paradiso -V1.0.0H-

The sea does not end here. It only forgets to begin.