할리 : THE TRILOGY BEGINS.

Arii looked up to the sky. One might not take notice of things like what shade of blue the night sky is when there are billions of stars to look at, or wonder if someone somewhere in the world is thinking the same thoughts as you. Arii's lips raised.

"Dawn," she called Koemi by her English name. Koemi has her eyes shut tight when she replies "Mm?"

"I don't wanna' kill people anymore." Arii confessed, her mind filling with white noise but her soul feeling relief. Clear, pure. The brunette still had that tiny, unnoticeable smile upon her lips. But... her eyes. They welled up with tears; making her vision blur and causing a stinging sensation in her nose.

Koemi was looking at her friend now, and she understood. She always had. And now for the first time, in the dim lighting and shadowy scene, she saw the red slashes against Arii's forearm. They weren't new, but certainly were not old, and as much as Koemi wanted to reach out and hold her friend who was now in tears, she could only think about whether or not they should really run away and try to start a new life.

So instead, Koemi reaches her hand out, latching onto her friend's hand.

"大丈夫." Koemi whispers in her native tongue, and feels at ease. Although the sobs falling past Arii's lips only became louder, at least Arii had held her hand. And that's all she could ask for.