"If we don't listen, he... he would just get rid of us. He'd throw us away--"

Throw them away...? Nia's entire body freezes, her eyes going wide.

A dark room. Only light around her and the... beast... before her.
"The Spiral king dispatched me to eliminate you."
"Then what Adiane said was true?" She hears her own voice coming out of her mouth. She doesn't remember this, She's never met an Adiane, but the memory feels natural. The sadness hits her in the chest as if it had actually happened.
"Yes, I believe so. If only you had stayed sleeping in that valley, you would have died peacefully. The Spiral King's life is eternal. He has already lived more than a thousand years. He creates children just for entertainment. That's why, when he gets bored, he throws them out. Just like dolls. That's all there is to it."
"Dolls?"
"I heard you asked the King why you were born? That was a bad thing to do. He hates free thinking. And that should be so, because there's no need for a doll to have free will."
"I am... just like that doll..."

Tears spring up to Nia's eyes and she begins to shake again. She looks at Greg for another moment before she drops her face into her hands, sobbing.