As a rich man strolls through a dilapidated ruin outside the city, he stumbles upon a young Goat Person hovering near the brink of death. Though he mocks her internally, he offers her a small heel of bread on a whim, but the girl shakes her head weakly and refuses. Curious now, the man holds out a handful of coin, but she does not accept this gift either. With this, his bemusement turns to irritation. He is a man of money and status—and a man with everything a person could possibly desire. So how can this... this Goat Person possibly refuse him!?
"What is it you want, Goat?" he asks. After a moment she lifts her head and says in a trembling voice:
"I...want you to stay with me."
With that, she breathes her last. The man stares at her for a bit before turning on his heel and heading home. But that night, the man has a dream wherein a terrible monster that oozes malice stands before him.
"What is it you want?" growls the beast.
"My life!" cries the man. "I don't need anything so long as I have that!"
Without hesitation, the monster lifts its fearsome claws and tears the man in half, only to find him completely empty inside.
"Regarding the Girl in White" (from Arc 3, excerpt in the library)
With this, his bemusement turns to irritation. He is a man of money and status—and a man with everything a person could possibly desire. So how can this... this Goat Person possibly refuse him!?
"What is it you want, Goat?" he asks. After a moment she lifts her head and says in a trembling voice:
"I...want you to stay with me."
With that, she breathes her last. The man stares at her for a bit before turning on his heel and heading home. But that night, the man has a dream wherein a terrible monster that oozes malice stands before him.
"What is it you want?" growls the beast.
"My life!" cries the man.
"I don't need anything so long as I have that!"
Without hesitation, the monster lifts its fearsome claws and tears the man in half, only to find him completely empty inside.