Kozue was dreaming again, and somehow she already knew this wasn't going to be an ordinary dream the very moment everything around her faded into darkness. It felt like she had wandered back into a memory from the past, or maybe it was simply a nightmare stitched together from memories she wished had stayed buried forever. Either way, it felt painfully familiar, and that alone was enough to make her heart feel heavier than it already was.
The surroundings were dark, unbelievably quiet, and filled with a suffocating sense of fear that seemed to cling to every corner. She had absolutely no idea why she had ended up in this place again after all this time, but seeing it made something inside her immediately sink. It wasn't just a location anymore. It was a reminder of something she desperately wanted to forget but somehow never truly could.
She hated this place with everything she had.
