Revealing his face.
Frey's eyes met his for the very first time—
and his overheated, chaotic mind was wiped blank in an instant.
"H–huh?"
Frey exhaled unconsciously, feeling his veins burn and every nerve in his body erupt at once.
It was catastrophic.
He couldn't look away.
He couldn't think.
He could barely breathe.
Shock froze Frey in place ..
and seconds later, Ada noticed the man as well.
Her hands flew over her mouth as tears welled in her eyes.
"F–Father…?" she whispered.
Zibar and Gepetto burst into mocking laughter at the same time.
Frey stood there, eyes wide, on the verge of losing his mind.
Because the man before him…
was Abraham Starlight.
The father whose pictures he'd seen hundreds of times.
Whose memories he once relived in full.
"A fake?" Frey whispered, stumbling one step backward without meaning to.
A fake.
A clone.
An illusion.
Those were Frey's first thoughts.
