"Why does Eve have to…?" said Train, as he hesitantly tried to say the word "die".
"This can't be…!" added Sven.
"I'm really sorry, but…that's how the way it is… And also, she had been using her "Trans" power ever since the fight with the Zero numbers… Using it that often drains her life…" explained Tearju.
"So that's how it is…" said a voice.
"Eh?!" The three turned around and saw Eve was at the door behind them, listening.
"E—Eve what are you doing there?" asked Sven, who was shocked when he saw her.
"W—What have you heard?" asked Tearju.
"Just enough," replied Eve.
"I—I'm sorry…Eve, I'm really…really…" said Tearju sadly.
"It's okay… It's not your fault… And besides, I already felt that I'm going to die sooner of later… But it's like sooner rather than later…"
"Eve!" exclaimed Train and Sven, "Stop talking like that!"
Eve said nothing. She turned around and walked away from them. She walked back inside the inn.
Train tried to follow her but Sven instantly grabbed his wrist to stop him.
"Let her be alone for now."
"No, she needs someone at a time like this," insisted Train, while shaking off Sven's hand.
Then he entered the inn.
"It's okay, Train could be right," said Tearju to Sven.
Inside the inn, Train went upstairs to Eve's room. Before he could knock, the door opened slightly. Eve possibly forgot to close it. When Train was going to call Eve, he saw that she was there inside the room and sitting in front of the mirror.
"What is she doing there? Looking all serious and…what the—" Train saw Eve's face by the reflection of the mirror because she was facing against the door. He was surprised when he saw what Eve was doing there. Train saw Eve using her "Trans" power. She was changing her face to become Saya's face.
When Train saw this, he immediately went inside the room to stop her.
"Eve! What are you doing?! I—I don't get this. Why? Why are you transforming your face? What are you thinking? Y—You're life would be…"
"Drained?" said Eve. She somehow noticed that Train couldn't even utter that word.
"I know you also know that. But, why? And…also…" he looked down.
"The face I was transforming to?" continued Eve.
He didn't answer.
"That was Saya, right?" she said coldly.
"How did you know that was her?"
"There were a number of other sweepers who know her. They described her to me. And according to your memories, she looks like that. I was right in copying her image, right? I just wasn't able to perfect it yet."
"W—What are you planning to do? Why do you have to do that?"
"I won't tell you."
"Eve!! Why?! Tell me!"
"You want me to answer your question? Why? Because my life will drain out if I continue doing that? Or because I tried to copy Saya's face?"
"What?? Of course because your life would…"
She went silent…though it was obvious that she didn't want to accept Train's answer.
Outside, Sven and Tearju were still waiting for Train. But Sven became impatient and decided to follow Train. He then went to Eve's room. Arriving there, he saw that the ambience was very serious. The two were not speaking. There was dead silence.
"Hey, what's happening here?" said Sven, breaking the silence.
No one spoke.
"Excuse me, I'm here."
Again, no one spoke.
"Ahem! Someone! Talk to me," Sven said in a teasing tone, "Maybe you two became deaf."
For the third time, no one answered him. Sven was like nothing. The two didn't even bother to tell him what was happening. They just plainly ignored him.
"Oh, no," Sven shook his head, "You two had an argument, right?" Seeing that they didn't answer again, he answered himself, "Right! I'm definitely right!"
Sven approached Train who was standing against the wall beside the door, "Train, speak up!" Then the next was Eve who was still sitting in front of the mirror, "Eve, what's wrong? Tell me."
The two remained quiet. They never let a word out of their mouths.
"OK!! This is enough!" declared Sven.
After saying that, Eve stood up from the chair that she was sitting. Sven supposed that she is going to talk to him, but he was wrong. Eve just stood up and walked out of that room.
"Wait!!" shouted Sven. But before he could run after Eve, Train went ahead of him.
Then the two disappeared in a flash, leaving Sven alone.
"Wow! They jus left me here? They didn't even left a word! What do they think of me? Nothing?!"
