In a World Without Heroes, I Think of You

Two years ago, Riko descended into the Abyss as a White Whistle delver, bright-eyed and full of curiosity. Two months ago, she came back—silver-haired, mismatched-eyed, her body marked with pale scales that glow faintly in the dark. The girl who once loved tales of the deep no longer speaks, no longer eats, no longer looks anyone in the eye. Nat, who grew up beside her at the Belchero Orphanage, now runs the small inn "Harubi's Light" with Shigu, making porridge every morning for a girl who won