The Labyrinth of Lonely Souls
51. Their Choices III

He watches the girl. He hears her question. The answer. Her conviction.

He is not that brave.

Maybe it's because her lost one is a digimon. There's still hope for her. After this.

Humans don't get second chances. And that's what's been tripping him up.

He wants to hit his head, but the knowledge that it was a head injury that left his brother so vulnerable stops him. Still, if he could think of a way to slap sense into his brain, he would do it.

He has too many regrets he can't fulfil. And, since he knows the voice, the soft touch in the labyrinth is nothing but a shadow, he also knows it will never make him truly happy.

He knows it. It's just hard to walk away from it.