"Uh, penalty one?"
"Didn't the first penalty already happen?" Jisoo said, voice flat, eyes still tracking the spot in the sky where the letters had dissolved.
"Yeah, first loop..." Si Hon answered automatically before stopping midway. Both of them looked at each other as the same realization struck simultaneously.
For several seconds neither spoke.
The rain continued falling around them while distant thunder rolled through the ruined city.
Then Jisoo slowly blinked.
"Wait."
Jisoo expression stiffened.
"Does regressing reset... everything?" Si Hon asked. "Like actually everything?" Neither of them had time to think further.
A roar erupted across the city.
The sound exploded from somewhere beyond the distant buildings and rolled through the streets like a living avalanche.
Then another followed. Then another. Then another.
