Chapter 148: Different person, same smile (A)

My whole body felt heavy from the fatigue but I managed to get up from lying down on Aloy's grave to check if someone was with us in the area. I was sure that I felt someone's presence. My vision was blurred for a short moment because of the tears clouding my eyes. As I narrowed my eyes to the shadow of a figure hiding beside the tree.

I wanted to ask who he was and why he was following us but my hands made their way to my neck and my eyes slightly widened as I dazed, realizing that there were no words coming out of my mouth. I tried to speak but I could not hear my own voice, no matter how much I tried.

I could still hear the sound of the pouring rain and my surroundings except for my own voice. It was not that I could not hear it...but I lost it.

My voice.