I normally had no dreams when I fell asleep, yet this time it was different. I could hear a distant noise as my dream came into focus. A far off hum. It was hard to make out as a fog began to appear all around me. This place was strange and nothing like what I had encountered before. Whatever it was, it had a strange way of making me feel calm and safe.

Looking down towards my feet showed me solid ground. The fog was still there, but it was less visible. Taking a few steps forward while still staring down made it clear that this fog only affected my surroundings and did not have any real effect on me. Why this was, I had no idea. Every direction the fog would move, almost like the wind.

The strange hum is so far away, even when I try to focus on it. As I keep walking through this strange dream, the hum never gets louder. It never even gets quieter as I change my direction. It just keeps going through my head. Is this normal?

Maybe I should try waking myself up. The problem with this, is the fact that my body will not respond to me. I am still tired from the amount of time spent in the ruins of this world. Then cleaning myself made me even more tired. Maybe I can ask Dr. Paylor for something to keep me awake once this strange dream ends. Still, why has this fog appeared only now?

Looking at the rest of my body, I can see the outfit I currently had on was still with me. Placing a hand to my face, I was surprised to find the fact that I could actually feel things. Testing out walking, touching and breathing showed me the same thing as I paid more attention to it. Are people supposed to be able to feel things in dreams? Maybe I should ask Dr. Paylor. But would he really be able to tell me what this is? I don't really think he would be able to understand any of this.

In fact, I can still detect things in this dream. Even when asleep I can still sense things around my body but it's very limited. The more I concentrate, the darker things in this dream become. I found a way to wake myself, but nothing about this strange dream.

I doubt I can figure this out anytime soon. For now I should just ignore the fog and rest. There is no danger within this dream and the real world, so I should just let myself drift off…..

Dr. Paylor was busy filing away paperwork before he was sent a message from Soma. Another report about his RC levels. He was currently stable. The Aragami numbers had been steadily increasing in different regions. This news was not surprising as similar reports were coming in for quite some time, but the numbers had increased exponentially. Then the information on a large Aragami roaming the skies brought even more danger.

It was starting to get even more dangerous for God Eaters to be sent off into different areas to gather resources. He had his suspicions on what his old friend was doing. With Lindow reporting back on the information he could gather, the Aragami seemed to be almost called towards Japan.

Hopefully his suspicions were wrong but going over the information once again only made him incredibly worried. He had plans to stop this already set forth, but he still needed more help. The number of things he had to deal with had increased. Hiding information, falsifying reports, a false identity, and now he had to try bringing more people into this scheme. He cared deeply, he knew this.

Sacrificing people was not something he wanted to do, yet the world only made it harder to make the right choices. It was why he chose certain people to trust. They were the ones he knew were the best at surviving this secret war he had. A war he knew needed to be won, even though he did not want to sacrifice any of the pieces. If there were another way he would take it, but there was very little time for an alternative.

The only thing that had been found was another person to add to the board. A pawn with more potential. He really hoped she would make things easier for things to change much faster. Her inexperience could be easily dealt with, but the fact she had no memory of the world was concerning. No one could have lived in this place and have forgotten so much.

So much was riding on this idea. There are times he considers just abandoning the world. Passing thoughts that do not linger for long. The tragedies he witnessed when the Aragami first arrived had been traumatizing, but he refused to give in to despair. There were still people trying to survive. All he could do was give people a fighting chance, and pin his hopes on the younger generations. He was already far too old to be of any use beyond science.

There were far too many mistakes he made when he was younger. He was not there for his friend. He was far too busy trying to help the military combat the Aragami when they first arrived.

So much tragedy in this world, but he will continue to pin his hopes on the people he trusted. Hopefully he can find more people to be the ones to carry on his hopes for the future. To show his friend that he should not give up on the human race.

There was already a young man that showed a lot of promise. Only time will tell if he can bring him into this. People throughout history have struggled to survive insurmountable odds. They have come together for the future, and this will be no different. Hopefully he can see this future in the end.