"By the way..."
That gentle voice echoed softly, as if trying to find a way to slip into my still-foggy thoughts. My breathing hadn't fully settled yet, but Selene spoke as if time had never mattered to her.
"Are you curious about what would've happened if the 'you' from earlier had managed to change fate?"
She asked while still hugging me from behind. My body, lying atop hers, felt exhausted—like I'd just been through something far beyond the physical. But her embrace was warm, steady—like an anchor for my drifting consciousness.
I tilted my head slightly, narrowing my eyes toward her.
"Isn't this one already the right one?" I asked, half mumbling.
"Yes, if you hadn't suddenly fallen, this would've been the correct one," she replied.
I went silent for a moment. Wait. That sentence... Did she mean this Kairi isn't the Kairi? Or more precisely, that I, the one here now, am the result of something that shouldn't have happened?
