"The sky seems particularly clear today."

That thought crossed my mind as I looked up at the sky. The sunset was gradually falling, and the sight of the colors spreading without a single cloud in the sky was truly beautiful.

Utterly, frustratingly beautiful.

“Hey, big bro. How long are you planning to lie there?”

I turned my head slightly at the voice calling out to me. Sitting on a rock with his legs crossed, staring at me, was Paejon.

I asked him, looking his way, “What’s with that weird way of speaking…?”

What the hell kind of mix-and-match phrasing was …