[i]"I was wondering. What is your understanding of suffering? What does it mean to you?"[/i]

“What is…suffering?”

Reika gave him a blank look-well, more so than usual-upon hearing his question. Admittedly, she had a very broad, general idea of what the word meant and how it pertained to humans specifically. She could remember Sora, and how much pain he was plagued by pain in the short time she had known. That had been physical pain, and throughout her time living on Earth she had seen that same feeling reflected through so many other outlets.

“Suffering…is everything,” she finally concluded, squeezing Suichi’s hand tighter. 

“Reika admits that she doesn’t completely understand it, but I know that it is a universal concept that all living creatures may feel. Human suffer through living; they must continue to persevere in light of nature and other forces which could exterminate them entirely. In order to survive…humans must suffer.”

She looked up at Suichi with an unreadable expression.

“That is why Reaper exists. Reaper takes away the pain of living through death, where all things may sleep in peace. That is my role as a Spirit.”

While Suichi was no doubt experiencing the tensest date in history, something else was occurring very near his location. Within Raizen High School, classes continued without cause or worry. Well, at least to the humans that is.

Unbeknowest to them, a signal was being transmitted, calling out within the building walls. It wasn’t random, meaning it could not be traced by Ratatoskr; no, whoever was calling out knew what they were doing and so specified on a specific target.

The call was only heard by Yoshikuni.

[i][b]“Geez, will you hurry up and find me already…~”[/b][/i]