That handshake seemed to last a slightly longer amount of time than normal, and as it did, Jet's face grew more and more surprised.
"What the hell!? Sunny!? This-" She released her hand and looked around her office, and then a smile bloomed in her face.
"I'm back to the past! Oh my god i cannot believe this holy hell!" She looked at her own body, and then back to Sunny.
"Start speaking Sunny!"
Due to the way the shadow spell had been designed, Jet's memories had advanced to the point where there could be some kind of lock, unlike Sunny who had all the locks imposed for returning to just being an ordinary human.
This also meant that, at that moment, Jet had memories up to the point where she chose to enter the third nightmare in the desert, that is, she knew much more about what would happen.
"Basically, everything happened, hope this helps."
"What do you mean by EVERYTHING! Oh gods i think I'm going to pass out." She quickly sat in her strangely luxurious chair and put a hand in her head.
"Okay okay, you don't need to worry so much Mast- Jet, my memories are still mixing with the older ones" He hadn't intended to leave his old friend this confused, at least not for long, and it wasn't a lie that he was still having his first conversation with an acquaintance since waking up at that time, overall, everything was a bit confusing.
"Okay, I can't explain it with as much certainty as possible because, look, I don't remember either!"
Sunny was visibly having fun with the situation.
Jet was not.
She threw one of her legs over the other, crossed her arms, and then took a deep breath.
Sunny's heart skipped a beat, both because of the appearance of the ascended, and because of the intimidation that the master was emitting.
"Major Sunless, I may not know what's going on, but what I do know is that you're currently looking like a beaten up rat, and I'm still an ascendant feared by most of the world, so I think you should think wisely about your next words."She looked deeply in his eyes.
Raising his hands like a guilty person, Sunless let out a sigh.
"Okay! Calm down a little... gods, you're ruining my fun, listen closely, okay?"
Jet nodded.
"My divine version from a very, very distant future made an improved version of the nightmare spell so that I could send my memory back to the past, but look, not all of my memory, since if it was all of it my head would have turned into a mess, so far so good, now, being back here I have the option of releasing my memories regarding the steps I had taken along the path of divinity, and so I came here to take you out of the original spell and so you can help me in this life, for the second time, understand. Did you understand everything?"
She kept piercing sunny with her blue eyes.
"Like... maybe seventy percent, take it or leave it."
"Wow, you really are a good listener, aren't you?"
The two remain silent for a moment longer, Jet lost in thought, and Sunny enjoying the conversation with a friend.
Finally, she spoke again, this time she was no longer so intimidating.
"About those locks then, how far have you released them?"
"Just the Dormant and Awakened ones, i don't want to risk frying my mind."
"So you don't remember being a Master, Mr. Devil?"
Hearing Jet say this sent a shiver down his spine.
"Is it just me or has it gotten colder in here? But to answer the question, yes and no, I remember a little about Antarctica, I just couldn't say it very clearly, it's difficult to explain, but you certainly know how it works, after all you must be starting to release part of your memories beyond your lock."
As if Sunny's words had awakened something in Jet, she seemed to look away from the boy.
"Oh... Yeah, yeah i really can. Man, i need to drink."
"...I'm just sixteen now" His relationship with drinking was something complicated, after all, the first time he decided to drink he ended up killing someone... On the other hand, he no longer had to worry about his flaw, much less his true name.
"Yeah, I know, look at you, so cute when you're just a little boy!" Jet finally seemed to relax, her carefree smile returning to her face.
"Cut the crap, you cold corpse!"
Letting out a small giggle, Jet rested her head on one of her hands.
"But still, there's one thing I don't understand, why send your mind back to the past?"
"I'm still trying to figure it out actually, but I have a suspicion"
Looking to one side of the room, he saw the wall decorated with medals and a white shelf on the blue wall, the master certainly had good taste in her decorations, however, that was not his objective at that moment, he then looked at his runes.
Name: Sunless.
True Name: —
Rank: —
Attributes: [Fated], [Mark of Divinity], [Remember].
The first moment he saw "Fated" his mind shook, even though he didn't remember exactly why. But when he focused on the new attribute.
[Remember] Attribute Description: "Stop wasting time you lazy wretch, rank up, you should be capable enough of making a plan, I already left the countermeasures ready."
And that was all he knew.
'Who should I be mad at about this?'
Looking back at Jet, Sunny had his usual grim smile on his face.
"We get stronger, what else? Well, at least I have to, and find the rest of the cohort, there's something I thought about asking you to do in the meantime, more than one actually."
"I thought it would be something like, I have to start planning for Antarctica right?"
"It's good to know that your thoughts are already in full swing."
"But as for what you said about finding others, is that the reason you don't try to awaken naturally?"
"Yes, and honestly, I wouldn't know how to do that now, my memories of the third nightmare are almost non-existent, anyway, if I want to see Effie and Kai again I need to go to the forgotten shore"
Jet let out a yawn mixed with a grunt and threw herself against the back of her chair, looking up at the ceiling of the room.
"So much things to do... wait, what day is today?" Looking at her calendar, she seemed to be a little relieved.
"Didn't you walk into your first nightmare a year from now? I mean, we still would have a year to plan things." Suddenly, she started to get angry. "Oh, no. You did not-" The boy quickly cut her off.
"Exactly! I had very little time as a Sleeper, that's why after the solstice this year, you will help me enter the dream realm with a saint." He was clearly proud of his plan. "And, also give me a place to sleep and eat... it's not like I have a house, you know?" When he noticed, Jet was practically fuming in her chair.
"Come on, there's no need to be so mad, it'll just take a moment to take me to the dream realm."
Slowly rising from her chair, the beauty with short hair and government vest looked like a demon ready to kill.
"Little bastard... YOU BROUGHT ME BACK IN A MONDAY!"
Hearing this, Sunny noticed the stacks of paperwork spread out across Jet's desk, he had forgotten that she actually had a job.
"Oh... I'm really sorry."