Over the following days, Takeshi did not try to escape.
Not because he had accepted the situation, but because running without a concrete plan only produced the same cycle: the angel intercepted him, Ophelia revived him, and the starting point was always the same.
'Every time I run without knowing where I'm going, I waste energy and accomplish nothing. I need to observe before I make a move.'
So he observed.
Ophelia established a routine quickly. She searched for food in the empty stores, cooked in the nearest apartment she found functional, read her blue-covered book for hours, and slept on a regular schedule.
She treated the empty spaces of the city as if they belonged to her by right, with no visible discomfort, no sign whatsoever that the absence of other people affected her negatively.
