In the end, I was most likely the cause of her sudden transformation. For some reason, back then I couldn’t piece it together, but now I felt so stupid for never realising.
As fast as I could, I got to the train station. People gave me weird looks for running and the safety bots tried to hinder my movements, but I chose to ignore them, running past them.
In the end, I bumped into someone and only I fell to the ground.
“Hm?”
Their voice came, but that wasn’t important. I had to get to Akane. I scrambled back up to get into the train, but paused once I saw the woman.
She was in a brown overcoat, with black boots and gloves. Her hair looked like silver in the moonlight and she exuded an aura akin to a goddess as she looked down on me with a worried face. There was a tiny beauty spot under her thin red lips. Her eyes were covered with shades, but I could still tell that she was a beauty by everything else.
“Oh sorry.”
She offered me her hand and I took it.