That's right, a little side-chapter between episodes focusing on none other than Lykou's old childhood bestie back home. She's not taking Lykou's mysterious disappearance lying down! But she might just discover some other interesting things in the process...
Excerpt:
Naira passed a small pond and was briefly startled by a frog as it leaped past her. She pulled her knife on it and pointed it threateningly at the creature for a moment, before realizing how ridiculous she must’ve looked. “...yeah you’re not worth it,” she muttered, putting the knife away as the frog just sat there, watching her indifferently. She brushed some hair out of her face and looked around a bit. “I don’t suppose you saw a buff, goofy fluffball pass through here, did ya?”
The frog croaked briefly, then hopped away.
She sighed, then turned to continue her search. “Yeah, didn’t think so.” Not that she expected an answer, but she’d taken to just talking to herself, random wildlife, or even just the world at large on occasion, as a substitute for the social life she’d been missing out on recently.