Rita felt much lighter inside. Partly because the answer meant her next plan would not cause serious trouble, and partly because after that long World Sigh, it was hard not to feel a trace of attachment to Brilliance.
Of course, even if the answer had been that it would affect a world's rebirth, she would not have stopped what she was doing. Right now, World Sigh was the most likely solution to the problem weighing on her. There was no reason strong enough to make her give up collecting something so special.
Still, knowing that her actions would not harm those worlds made her genuinely happy.
With all her questions answered, Rita used Clock Reversal once to shorten the shutdown time of Aria of the Setting Sun. She felt drained, the kind of exhaustion that came from burning through focus and spirit at once. She needed food.
Nivalis shrank down and followed her. As they walked, Nivalis kept glancing at Rita again and again.
Rita asked, "What is it?"
