I opened my eyes and saw a... unfamiliar white ceiling. I rose my head to look around and saw an office, a desk at the back with a photo of... people. Don't know 'what' people, since I couldn't see their faces... but I saw two kids and around six individuals with lab coats. Three of them were female, 2 of the females being pretty young, and three males. There was also someone with dark clothes all the way to the left smoking and some guy with a suit holding a mug. Almost all of them have pretty colorful hair, but it's a bit hard to guess what color it is, how weird.

My body moved up, and I noticed the couch that I was on, pretty comfy... almost confused it for a bed from the feeling alone. Suddenly, a hand grabbed my shoulder and my gaze snapped to my right. I KNOW it was a woman, but just like the photo, I couldn't see her face, but she was sporting a pretty vibrant and relaxing smile, "Hello there, I was starting to wonder if I'd actually get a chance to talk with you." I blinked twice and gave her a small glare.

"You haven't?" I couldn't help but wonder if she was that voice that talks to me like it's a damn prophet of god, if only because she said she wanted to talk to me before.

Where even is here anyway?

She huffed almost like a child, "Ah, him... he is such an unruly child, at least he is honest with what he wants... if a bit zealous." Child? I'm not sure what I heard fits with that category.

But she knows him, "So what does it want? What do YOU want?" I asked her while sitting on the couch. She was laying against the office chair she was using and hummed for a moment.

"I'd wish to just tell you, but that would cause you problems and would make him hound you a lot more." Well, I feel so fucking loved right now... I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.

She seemed to notice... something, "Now, now... there is no reason to be so frustrated. What you felt was completely reasonable, you don't have to feel like you are less because of it." She spoke suddenly with a motherly tone, and I gave her one glance before looking away again.

"So you are hounding me too." I commented while looking around, no doors or windows...

Humming to herself, I saw her hand extend for a handshake, mainly because she was shoving it in front of my face, "Sorry, I haven't introduced myself... call me 'C'." I chuckled to myself at that one and grabbed her hand while turning to meet her face to face... even if I couldn't see hers.

"Is everyone named after a letter of the Alphabet? I'm Trigger." Her grip was surprisingly soft.

'C' giggled to herself and had a big smirk on her face, "All names use the Alphabet, silly." Oh, that's just stupid... I still chuckled, though.

We broke the handshake, and she looked at me with a concerned smile, "You may be wondering where we are. Well it's technically your head and while we should be where you feel the safest... well the fact we are where I felt safe, say's a lot about you." I grimaced and lowered my head a bit.

"It's fine, that's just basically the corporation at it's finest." My comment was brushed off, she grabbed one of my hands and gripped it tightly.

"It's hard, isn't it? Suddenly you start to notice how many depend on you and things stop being so simple. You start to be given choices you don't want to take... makes me remember my first day's here, seeing what came of what I wanted..." I heaved and pried my hand away from hers, but I didn't lash out, even if I wanted to.

"Th-That's great and all, but I kind of have things to do." Mainly to get back into the heat of-

She shook her head, "They took care of it already. You did everything that could be asked of you, so sit down for a moment and just... relax." I took a deep breath and leaned against the couch.

"You are still expecting something to happen, that's fine too, we'll work on that later. First, we should work towards dealing with your fears." She nodded to herself and I threw her an annoyed frown, but I really couldn't push her away with how earnest and honest she was. Is this how people feel when dealing with me?

I didn't say anything, simply waiting for her to talk again.

She leaned forward, a sad tinge to her smile, "I'm... used to failure, failed my friends, my junior... him. Had to rethink a lot of what I did, reach a different conclusion, you know? Helping everyone is fine, but... I found out that everyone has different opinions of the same thing. What I was looking for wasn't possible without doing... something worse than I was trying to fix, not that my current answer would be seen by others to be any better, but I believe in it and that's what matters." 'C' puts her leg over her knee and leaned back again. Seems like she is now waiting for me.

"I don't... exactly see where you are going with this." I commented. Well, it was more like I just didn't want to think about it, if I'm being honest...

She seemed amused, "Sorry, what I'm trying to say is that I was too focused on my ways. There are always different solutions to all problems, but none are the same, but if you have a clear goal in mind... you have to grasp it and fight with all you have for it, even if others said otherwise. Which I believe that's your biggest issue." I gave her a glare, if only because I wanted her to shu-

"What's your goal?" She asked, and I... didn't know what to say.

Do I want to find out who I was?

Find out why L Corp is doing this?

Help people because it feels good?

What do I want?

'C' gave me a warm smile and grabbed both my hands and gripping them firmly, "Here is my advice, fight for what makes you happy. That's the only way to live without regrets." I stared at her for a moment and... ah hell, now I'm crying.

She wiped them quickly, "None of that, mister. All paths will always seem dark, but if you are always pondering about where the light is, you will forget that to find it you need to walk through that obscured road. Here... let me help you." I blinked when she slowly pulled me off the couch.

And suddenly, I was sitting in a containment chamber, hands held out as if they were holding something. I looked at them and clenched them a couple of times... a dream? No... something else.

"Trigger! Glad to see you up and about... Ryn and the Manager managed to calm Yesod down, so we are finally done. Just try to take it easy." I glanced at my right, seeing Malkuth kneeling. Behind her, in a... stasis chamber, I could see a white Magatama with a black dot... oh right, Yang.

A sudden weight landed on my head and I scratched the head of Punishing Bird, who was chirping happily.

Malkuth seemed to pick up on my mood, "Are you oka... wait no, that's a stupid question. Are you feeling better?" I glanced at her and nodded while getting up.

She... didn't seem to believe me, "You are going straight to your room, you need the rest." Malkuth all but ordered me, and I... was okay with that, there is a lot to think about.

Fight for what makes you happy.