The child's words are simple and straightforward, but precisely because of this, they bring about an unadorned horror.
"Impossible, they can't appear during the day."
"Mom, they're right behind you."
"Shut up, shut up! Don't say anything more!"
The food bowl was overturned, and No. 031's shoulders were trembling slightly.
"Mama..." Yu Hui couldn't understand why his mom reacted this way.
"Let's go, let's go somewhere else. Mama will take you to a place where they can never find you."
"But I want to play with them. I've never had friends since I was a child."
"Being with them, you'll never come back either. You'll become just like them."
No. 031 got up to pack, grasping Yu Hui's hand under his bewildered gaze, leading him away from the home they had stayed for only one night.
"Mama, where are we going?"
"To a place where they'll never find us again."
