No one...

She was alone. Well and truly alone. Where did Hilda go to? Why did she disappear? Was the promise she made a lie?

Hayami was on the verge of crying, tears welling up on the corner of her eyes. Each footstep she took though the dusty remains of the city reminded her she walked alone, her parents gone, her inheritance, her servants, and everyone who cared for her.

"Stop crying. We become weak. Make strong. Survive. We survive with no her, just two of us."

..[i] We'll get through this, together. Just two of us.[/i]..

For the first time since the shuttle crash one year ago, Hayami broke into tears and collapsed on her knees, crying out loudly amongst the rubble of the once great Sovereign. She didn't want to be alone. She didn't want to survive alone. She was tired of being strong. She wanted her life back. She wanted her parents back, her life, her servants, her room in the penthouse suite. She wanted to have those prawn things again, she would even eat those yucky vegetarian meals they cook up once in a while.

But most of all, she wanted Hilda back.

All those years she had taken her for granted, heaped abuse on her, both physically and mentally, and yet always Hilda remained at her side. She was the only on who didn't lie to her, the only one who was there for her, and the only one who really cared about her. Hayami had realized that only when Hilda was missing. 

"...ilda....Hilda....come back... Hilda..."

As its host lay bawling and sobbing in the dust, Raijin, the great maned gorilla, sat on it's hindquarters and awaited for her to finish.

Bitter can make strong, after all.