"Hmm…" Cid hummed.

"Hmm…" a little girl with raven hair and smart violet eyes repeated after him.

Yep, 100% Violet. No questions asked. No, wait, one question: how the hell?

Like, he realized that if there was one severed hand sealed, then probably there are also other body parts, but he didn't think each body part had its own consciousness! That makes things way more complicated than it should be…

"You are thinking about something bad, mister."

"Nope, I don't."

"You don't?"

"I don't."

"You don't lie."

"I don't."

"Is that so."

"Indeed."

Сome to think of it, isn't that place somewhat like Sanctuary? No, it's a bit different, actually… Sanctuary was a marvel of fusion between artificial and natural, born from countless memories and breakthroughs… or something like that. He needs to give praise to something that became a catalyst for his Soul Space, right?

But the principle is simiilar: a place made from memories.

"So, mister, who are you?"

"Oh, yeah, you don't recognize me…" for some reason he thought she would know about him, but it seems like each part only had a part of memories, not connected with each other.

"Should I?" she cutely cocked her head.

"I think no… Alright, let me introduce myself. I am Shadow, I lurk in the shadows and hunt down the shadows!"

And a pose of coolness!… Umm, what?

"U-u-u… P-Please don't hurt me…"

'…You know, Hams, I suddenly realized whatever we came up with is not enough. Could you please also add this, this, and this? Oh, also this one, I think they need it very much. Oh, and Todd, also start doing that one… Yes, that one.'

"Uh, hey, sorry for startling you… Yeah, my name is Cid Kagenou…" he sheepishly scratched his head.

"Uff… Ahh… Sniff…"

"Hey, let's start over, alright?" he made a small step towards her.

"P-Please don't come… Don't come closer!…"

Damn, this amount of magic power is surely something. Why does the small one contain more of it than the adult one? Did all magic power went into some other places for adult one?

Ah, small Violet is crying even more!

Cid swiftly maneuvered between sparks of magical power, coming closer and closer to the girl. And at some point, he gently embraced her.

"Uh, please, don't-!"

Pat.

"There, there. Relax. It's fine. I am not here to hurt you."

He gently caressed her and injected his mana to imitate the effect of curing Possession. Slowly, but surely, small Violet calmed down and leaned on his chest.

"I… I don't wanna remember… not this…"

So, she remembers what they did to her when trying to create Diablos, or something. Hmm…

"It's alright. I am here to take you out."

"Take… me out…?" a spark of hope appeared in her eyes.

"Yes, take you out. I will take you out, and you will live a good life, full of happiness. How does that sound?" he continued petting her.

"And… I will get to have good memories?" she clung onto his clothes.

"Of course."

"You don't lie?"

"Of course I don't."

…Uh, Hams, what is happening in Soul Space? Something near the grave with third Beast, or something?… Oh, nothing? Yeah, seems like it's nothing.

So, he will take her out and let big Violet to know small Violet. However, there's one problem…

"Where are you, number…?!"

The girl shuddered and continued to stay in his embrace.

"You want it the hard way, huh?!…"

"P-Please…"

"Of course, Violet."

Seems like unlike Sanctuary, small Violet can't control her memories, huh. Then…

He will just take her into his Soul Space.

Hams, Todd, please receive her well. He will appear to settle things, of course, but then he is going to make another body, this time for small Violet.

Aurora slowly, fearfully opened her eyes.

She awaited the pain that always came after these words.

However…

A hamster's snout appeared in her vision. Hamster in question was very big, with intelligent face and glasses that somehow reminded her of… something. She can't remember, but she knew this hamster was looking intelligent.

In daze, she reached out her small hands towards the snout. Hamster blinked at her and leaned in to make reaching easier for her.

'Fluffy.'

That's what she thought when her hands found the soft, rich fur of the intelligent hamster. Its snout twitched a bit, but it seems like hamster didn't mind her touch.

"Having fun yet?"

She flinched and turned to the voice. A familiar voice…

And familiar face. Completely average-looking human face, but of the one who promised to take her out of that goddess-forsaken place…

Wait…

"You… You did it…"

"Oh… yeah…" he scratched his head, "I did, I guess?"

She jumped over to him.

"You did it… You did it…"

"Come on, relax a bit… I said I would do it, and I did it."

"U-u-u…"

Is it over? Is she finally free?

"Well, I still have to do some stuff, but after that we can go and have a celebration about you finally being free! For the time being, can you please stay with these guys? I promise, they are very trustworthy!"

"Hmm?" she turned her head in curiosity.

Oh, he is talking about hamster and… Um, she can't quite see them.

"You can call this one Uncle Hams," hams…ter in question only puffed up his chest in proud, "He is very soft and very smart. If there's something you don't understand, you can just ask him, and he probably knows the answer for it."

"Why is grass green?" she immediately asked the question that she always wanted to know the answer for.

"Oh, that's because most plants have a green pigment called 'chlorophyll', which is required for a good photosynthesis, and photosynthesis is a process of absorbing the light of sun and transferring it to-"

"Alright, alright, Hams, calm down, you can explain that one after I go away, we still have another one to introduce."

"Buh," she pouted.

"And that over here is Uncle Todd," he waved his hand towards the unseen person who finally came up.

And it was a big, bipedal toad. With glasses. And intelligent face.

It nodded towards her and took a proud pose.

"While Todd is not that good in science compared to Hams," toad visibly deflated, "he is the most excellent in terms of hoarding stuff. You can ask him anything, and he probably has it somewhere in his storage room."

"Umm… I like Uncle Hams more… He's fluffy…" she whispered.

But it seems like toad heard her, clutching its heart in sadness.

"Stop horsing around, Todd," Cid Kagenou rolled his eyes, "You are not a horse to horse around, you are a toad. Anyway," he turned back to her, "As I said, I have an important deal to finish. Once I am done, we can finally go out and give you a good walk under the sun."

"With grass and clear skies?"

"With grass and clear skies," he nodded with a smile.

She raised her hands with a similar smile.

"Alright, please behave! And don't forget to ask Uncles for anything you want!"

A moment later, he disappeared. She turned her head back to Hams(ter) and Todd (toad).

"So, um…" she raised her gaze," Can you please continue talking about grass, why it's green, and, um, chlo-ro-phail?"

Hamster's snout twitched in joy.

Mutant slowly looked around.

That person is somewhere in this sector. Somewhere. He doesn't know where, exactly, but they are clearly here. How strange.

There's nothing even remotely strong here. Even gods are minor, not even one of medium level. Sure, it may be a good practice for their little sister, but middle brother already grew tired and asked Mutant about going somewhere else to find a good opponent. Yet they couldn't give up.

He almost picked up the signature, yet all of sudden it disappeared. However…

Mutant found a familiar trail. 'Devourer of Gods' was here, wasn't it? This little cosmic worm, a servant of another deity… Interesting. Why was it here? These minor deities would barely satiate its hunger, yet for some reason it was here… And lost.

He can actually feel the suppressed echoes of its death, though he could not pinpoint where, exactly, this happened. Probably problem lies in the fact that Serpent frequently used dimensional rifts to go through, and it messed up the energy passage.

However… Whatever its opponent was, they clearly were capable of bringing the Serpent down. Either through sheer power, or…

Mutant's eye shone in excitement.

"Hey, big bro, you seem kinda happy?" his little sister chipped in.

"Yes, I believe we have finally found the person I am looking for."

"Really?!" she jumped up, "Wow! You said this person should be quite good!"

"Well, not found yet, but I have confirmed that they are in this place…" he slowly looked around.

"So, what do we do now."

Ah, his middle brother joined in.

"Abominationn," Mutant thought it over for a bit, "We will split up."

"Huh?" Deviantt cocked her head, "Why?"

"I cannot enter those worlds all at once, as that would require for me to release my power in full, and such a feat could shatter them. Abominationn could do so, however his arrival may alert anything that could lie, slumbering. You, on the other hand…"

"Yes, yes, I am not even on a minor deity's level, and in fact just rely on spamming my attacks… Yeah, anyway, you wanna me go and check some places? Sure, I can do that."

"Thank you, Deviantt," he smiled… as far as he could do so with the fact that eye took 70% of his head, anyway.

"If I actually get to see you enjoying the fight with them, that would be a good 'thank you', big bro!"

Good. Now, they shall check out other places while his sister goes through her share.

"Ouch!"

Deviantt suddenly met some kind of a 'wall'. Like, energetic one. She has checked about two worlds already, and this one was very strange. Like, for what reason would it need a wall?!

Wait, hold up, could this person be here?! If so, then it's great! She will need to check it out first, of course, but, like, that means her job is done!… Wait, how does she enter?

Like, she can't decipher this wall at all! Unlike her big bro who was 'I-wanna-know-everything' guy, she just enjoyed a cool battle from time to time! Yeah, she learned battle patterns and all that, but making an effort in studying all these runes, or something?! Bleh!

But she can't overpower this wall, either!

Uff, she will make sure to fix that mistake once she finishes with her task!… Maybe she could get a day or two to rest before that. Hmm, a week of vacation would actually be beneficial, though. And a month of beach episode!

Right, how does she get in?! This planet (yes, planet; other planets weren't protected at all) had some kind of spatial anomalies around itself! If she just goes as it is, she's totally roasted!

Gu-u-uh, how long is she gonna wait? She wants to go in already!… Hold up. Isn't that small asteroid?… Oh, she has an idea!

In retrospective, deep diving on a meteorite wasn't the brightest idea. Yeah, she can respawn and stuff so long as her big bro is alive, but he would totally roast her for doing something like that. Well, she survived, that's all that matters!

She may need to get out of here, though. Even the primitive civilization quickly react to stuff like 'a star falling from the heavens'… Bleh, if an actual star suddenly appeared near your planet, you would all be cooked! Cooked, she says!

Right, where is she, anyway? Looks like some kind of forest… Hmm, she likes forest! It's green and cool! But she needs some civilization signs, though…

She flew up and sat on tree's top.

Not here, not here, not here… Oh, that looks like a city! In the distance! Nice!

Deviantt jumped from the tree and started flying towards the city.

Eh, she probably should train or something. Maybe one day she could even defeat her big bro Mutant! Then she would be able to remove the extra letter!

"And… Done!" Cid nodded in satisfaction.

The body is finally ready! Looks exactly like small Violet!

He-he, he can't wait for small Violet and big Violet to meet! That's totally gonna be fun!

Smol Violet has awoken! Quick, give her all your headpats and cuddles!