No one can remember the future. Yet in Ghislain's mind, such memories lingered vividly.

It was absurd, but if anyone could make sense of such impossibilities, it was Ghislain—a man mad enough to render the impossible plausible.

The spirit had encountered madmen before. Such people often distorted their own memories, believing events that never happened to be real.

However, Ghislain’s memories were different. They were clear, sharp, and detailed—nothing like the hazy, inconsistent fabrications of lunatics.

Still, the spirit chose to believe this explanation. If not, the situation was too incomprehensible to grasp.

For now, I’ll play along. But when …