Chapter 44The house was alive, filled with voices, with warmth, all in spite of the shape that hung in the skies above them. For a moment, it seemed like they were in their own little bubble, Christmas continuing to refine their work upon the floor, tracing and re-tracing the characters of the tale over and over, constantly dispatching Miki and Shizuka and Bear #020 out to convenience stores for tea, comic books, sweets, little things of little value, quests that were designed to keep them busy.
For this brief while, there was joy within the home, even with the absurdity of the world’s collapse beyond their windows, yet, as another day drew to a close, the sky growing dark above, a new kind of seriousness settled upon the house, and once more, the group was seated around the table, each o
