<span style="font-style: italic">"I can watch other people's dreams,"</span>she said telepathically to them.<span style="font-style: italic">"That's about all I can do now. Though I don't see it, I know that everyone now adays is having terrible nightmares rather often. Mai,"</span>Mai was caught off guard that she knew his name.<span style="font-style: italic">"Your last natural dream was the first good one I've seen in a long time. What were you doing? Floating like that?"</span><br/><br/>Mai was rather surprised at her question. "Was wind scating," he said, feeling disapointed that he was talking that way again. "Common long time ago."<br/><br/>The girl had been quiet for a moment so Reina gave her a gentle push to go on. "You were telling us your reason?" she said.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Right,"</span>the girl said,<span style="font-style: italic">"I want people's dreams to be happy again. So I don't have to watch everyone suffer without being able to do anything about it. It probably sounds like a selfish reason."</span>Though there was nothing to do so, they got the sensation that the voice turned toward blue.<span style="font-style: italic">"I heard your mind ask me a question,"</span>she said.<span style="font-style: italic">"Nobody really did this to me. My mutation caused me to sleepwalk. It wasn't much of a problem, sometimes I'd just end up places without knowing where I was. But once... I went to the roof and got down the hard way."</span>The girl's mouth turned up in a smile.<span style="font-style: italic">"I was six. But I'm sure you don't want to hear this stuff. Forgive me for talking so much, I haven't had visitors in such a long time."</span><br/><br/>"People to care for you?" Mai asked.<span style="font-style: italic">Aren't there people to take care of you?</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"They haven't come back for a week. And I haven't seen them in dreams, so I assume they're dead."</span><br/><br/>"What about food and water?" asked Reina.<br/><br/>There was a long pause.<span style="font-style: italic">"... I haven't had any. I can hardly move at all now. I've lost the use of my arms."</span><br/><br/>Reina was shocked and Mai was horrified.<span style="font-style: italic">No way,</span>Mai thought,<span style="font-style: italic">This girl hasn't had food or water for a week?! She couldn't possibly last much longer.</span><br/><br/>The girl let out another small smile,<span style="font-style: italic">"My name is Ari. And you're right. So there really was another thing I was hoping you'd do for me. My body in the dream world can also consume food and drink. Even if you won't help save the world, could you help me there so that I may find someone who will?"</span>