[Looking back, I’ve always been searching endlessly.]
[For the definition of happiness, or a place to discard sorrow.]
[From the moment I was born, until the end of my life.]

With wireless earbuds in, Sora pressed her ears tightly.

If she had been at home, she would have covered her ears with her large headset, but it wasn’t practical to bring that bulky item here. Instead, she settled into the quiet of this isolated world she had created for herself.

The music soothed her, slowly enveloping her body as if sinking deeper, until it felt like the world …