Himmel [2]

[Unnamed Island]

[Year 2995, A.H.W.-III]

"Why did you stop?"

My vacant gaze shifted from the screen panel sticking close to my face towards the voice.

The boy with long obsidian black hair stared at me with his piercing golden eyes.

"Go on," he urged, gesturing toward the sand beneath us.

"Right, where was I?" I muttered, shoving the status screen aside while gazing down.

"Like I was saying, this one here is my life source which can also be said as a container for holding my life energy."

I explained as I pointed at the rough sketch I'd etched into the ground—a cylinder drawn with a stick.

Clearing away stray leaves, I added a bold horizontal line across the middle of the cylinder.

"This is my current condition; where my life source is broken and where I will die if it's not fixed."