We Find Comfort In The Apricity

Measure 2: The Villagers

Soon enough, night fell upon us. Senku rolled out the little sleeping bags made out of leather and crawled inside his.

I nudged Kohaku's arm a bit to look at Senku. "He looks like a little cocoon!"

"What's a cocoon?" -Kohaku

"It's a- nevermind heh. Hey Senku!"

"Hm?"

"Can I use you as a pillow?"

"What? No way just use this." He tossed the backpack he had on earlier and I frowned.

"But it's not nearly as cushiony as your tummy."

"Ugh, just go to sleep!"

I moved my sleeping bag closer to Kohaku instead, "Kohaku can I lay on you? I promise I don't bite."

Kohaku chuckled a bit and then nodded so I laid down my head on her thigh. I promptly fell asleep. No matter how many centuries I get of sleep I always feel so exhausted. Today was a tough day too, I woke up 3,700 years into this futuristic past.

I was never one to leave my house much less my room, as a result my immune system is quite weak, my sleeping schedule was nonexistent, my iron and vitamin D levels are usually low. I used to have daily headaches since I never kept a proper diet either, always eating too little. I'm reminded of the words my parents told me when they found out that I was anorexic every time I look at my joints. The permanent cracks of my petrification are located in my wrists, my ankles, and my collarbone leading up to my jaw. I don't know if it's pure coincidence that they appeared in the spots where you could clearly see my bones or if there's meaning behind it.

Not to mention the bad habit I have of scratching my back out of nervousness. That's why I was reluctant to accept this dress, thankfully my long hair covers the scars most of the time but still.

I don't like this, Senku should've just left me for dead. I really don't think I can help much here, for starters I don't really care for either of their resolves to revive humans.

I don't agree with Tsukasa's ideas of reviving only the young and pure hearted youths. Because eventually we will all grow up and follow on the footsteps of our ancestors. Greed, is something you can never remove , it's simply human nature. He's actually the one acting kinda rotten right now, he'll soon become blinded with power whether it takes a few days or years for him to notice.

His plan has no benefits for me, it doesn't move me one milimiter whether he wants to revive young people or the adults. He's just playing god. Deciding who gets to live and who doesn't. And although his idea sounds somewhat of a utopia; history has taught us that a such a peaceful and equal nation is basically unreachable.

And to me, that sounds kind of boring. I can't fight for my life, there's no way I'd be of any use to him.

Now Senku's idea of reviving the entire human race is heroic. It's noble but his motives are selfish in their own sense. He wants to revive humanity and bring back all of the inventions that took billions of years to create. I know he wants to use them to go to the moon someday, he wants humanity back because with people come opportunities. Maybe he has a deeper motive but this one doesn't move me that much either.

Although deep down I do hope he can make it to the moon someday.

I can either care too much or too little, there's like no in between. So him wanting to bring back humanity would be a bother to me. But that's inevitable, I just simply don't like being around so many people.

His idea doesn't sound too bad, but I'm useless there too. I don't see how I could help him. I don't understand why he's revived me, no matter how much he explains. I won't be of much help, but he knew exactly where to tug my strings.