Mono "comforted" her.
Six snapped out of it, and her fearful expression faded again.
She shook her head again:
"Mono... is lying... Mono simply... can't think of a way..."
If he could have thought of a way out of the predicament, she wouldn't have been outside counting the time and waiting.
"I can't think of a way? I could jump away along the swinging lamp chains, I could set them on fire, I could wait for them all to starve to death—there are plenty of ways, how could I not think of one?"
Mono retorted.
Six: "Mono... is talking nonsense..."
How could anyone use the momentum of iron chains to swing away from so many dolls? And where would the fire come from?
Starving the dolls to death was even more unreliable.
Seeing Six being so stubborn, Mono suppressed his temper and said: "Humph, what does a Stinky Girl like you know? Shut up. Anyway, worry about me less in the future. You actually cried; it's so embarrassing."
Although he felt a touch of emotion at Six's actions, Mono wasn't willing to accept it.
Because it made him feel like he was truly... very weak.
He was a boy, and he needed a girl to protect and worry about him?
He wasn't that useless.
Although, something did go wrong this time...
No, this time it was entirely a problem of luck; he hadn't made a single mistake.
...Requesting flowers...
Therefore, he was not a brute, nor was he useless.
And...
He also didn't want Six to cry because of him.
Because it would make him feel guilty.
"Alright, look at what you've done. Let go, we should go." Mono patted Six's shoulder again, looked at the dolls around them, and spoke with relief in his heart but helplessness on his face.
Who would have thought that not long ago, these prosthetic limbs were complete dolls, chasing him around, but now they were turned into pieces, one by one?
Six really was a kind person.
To help her friend, she could always perform such loving acts. Yet Six was still hugging him, not letting go.
"Don't want to... don't want to leave Mono..." she murmured, her small hands tightening their grip.
It seemed that only in this way could she escape the fear of loss she had just felt... Mono was speechless.
It really made one feel very uneasy.
Six would actually become this frightened because of him.
Silently enduring it for... ten minutes, Mono finally waited until Six completely recovered from her previous state.
"Alright, we should leave this place now."
Mono touched her expressionless little face and wiped away the tear stains. Six nodded.
"I will help Mono..." she stated.
Mono smiled and nodded; Six had finally recovered from that uneasy state.
Without saying much more, Mono took her hand and walked forward.
After walking a few steps, Mono saw a pair of big teeth on the ground. It looked a bit familiar.
Weren't these the teeth attached to the head of that doll that had just bitten through the iron cabinet?
Now they were lying there all alone...
Mono glanced at the big teeth rolling in the corner; for some reason, he suddenly felt a sense of irony...
At this moment, he no longer resented the Big-Tooth Doll that much.
He just silently squeezed the cold little hand in his.
Why did she always make people feel at ease? This was probably the reason.
Six was always such a kind person.
As the sound of footsteps faded, under the glow of the flames, two small figures slowly disappeared into the darkness...
Everything returned to calm, as if nothing had ever happened...
Only the countless corpses lying on the ground wailed silently in the darkness, as if making an accusation...
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