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Leonel hugged Aina so tightly that at any other time, he might have thought he had a chance at crushing her. But at least right now, with the gaps in their strength of body having widened once more, that wasn't something he had to worry about in the slightest. 

He took in her warmth, her heartbeat, her soft…

'She's naked,' Leonel suddenly realized. 

Even so, he didn't have such thoughts right now. He only wanted to hold her in his arms for the first time in what felt like forever. 

Aina, herself, was a bit confused. She felt the familiar scent envelop her, and she instinctively knew that it was Leonel, but what had happened? Why was there such a large gap in her memories? Weren't they in a Zone? And hadn't she been in the body of…

Aina's eyes widened, her heart trembling. Hadn't she died?