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You weren't sure how much time had passed.
There you were, in your dark black chains, gazing at your gloves.
Even then, you could still hear them screaming, you could still see them.
It was nothing but a pathetic attempt to drown out those visions.
740 picked up your gloves and stepped in front of you.
You gave him a glare which held uncertainty, anger, and fear.
He made an X with his arms and you could hear his voice under the cries of your loved ones. 740 raised up his hands, then slowly lowered them, causing your visions to disappear.
"Why were you looking at these gloves? Năinai—Bai Hong pretty much deleted your fingers."
You stared at him in shock. His casual tone was completely and utterly disturbing, considering the predicament you were in.
"...Don't touch them." You whispered.
740 paused, then tossed the gloves behind him.
Your eyes widened and you tried to grab them, but you were held in place by your chains.
"You didn't like that, huh? I'll put them in front of you." He made a lasso of void and the moment it touched your gloves, they were back in his hands.
Like he said, he placed them on the ground in front of you.
"...H-"
"I can see where things end up using time." 740 interrupted you, sitting down.
"I'm not your enemy, Y/N." He hummed, swaying his cloud-like hair back and forth.
"Then why aren't you letting me out of here!? I have no reason to trust you!" You huffed.
"I stopped showing you those timelines." 740 said, frowning.
"You're the one who started showing them in the first place!" You shouted.
"Shut up. Bai Hong will hear you."
You fell silent.
Standing up, 740 pressed his void against your hands. After a few seconds... Your fingers were back!
You immediately began to warp the space around you to form a massive wave, when 740 rewinded time on your attack, groaning.
"Can you not? If you don't have us on your side, how are you getting out of here? Quit acting so primal and use your pretty head." 740 sighed.
You opened your mouth to make another snarky remark, when you paused.
"...Why is your name 740? That's not your real name, is it?" You questioned.
"...Ask me a different question." He replied, turning away you.
You furrowed your eyebrows, "...You look young. Like, really young. What's a kid your age doing here?"
"In every single timeline we've talked, you've asked me insanely personal questions. Would a bit of small talk kill you?" 740 giggled.
You raised an eyebrow at his words, "...We've talked before?"
"In other timelines, yeah. That's why I said I'm not an enemy. Neither is Baoshi. In fact, we're the reasons you have these gloves."
740 and Baoshi were the ones who...?
"Don't start your internal monologue, or soliloquy or whatever. I'll just explain it."
"When you were at that cliff, as I'm sure you know, that was Bai Hong trying to kill you faster."
...Geez.
"Before that, I searched for a timeline where your mom wasn't dead and you were dead inside, then Baoshi created an image of your mother and those gloves. I was doing that..."
"When another version of you was here."
You were intrigued, "Another... Another timeline?"
"It was this timeline, but it was a timeline where Bai Hong's plan worked and you were dead, trapped forever in here." 740 continued,
"So by rewinding time back to that cliff, before you died, then showing what Baoshi and I did in the future of that same timeline during the time you were trapped forever, we created this timeline."
You stared at 740 blankly, "Okay... And if you didn't do all of that..."
"You would be dead and could never go back to the world. Like I said, trapped forever." 740 stated.
"So you guys... Saved me. Sort of." You hummed. "I don't like what you're doing right now, but... Thank you for that."
"No problem. You're in safe hands. It's only taken me forty-five different attempts to save you."
The ghost of a laugh escaped your lips. You felt a bit more hopeful.
"To answer your previous question... Um, about my age and stuff... It's a long story." 740 mumbled.
"You can tell me. Not like I have anything else to do aside from being mentally tortured." You muttered.
740 chuckled and sat down. His smile shrunk and morphed into a small frown,
"Alright, let's do this, hopefully, one last time."
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