"But still, It's all so sudden. The last time, you suddenly said to me that I should give up, right? Why did you say that?"

Relying only upon the voices at each other, Allaine strikes him with confusing questions and words one after another. Firing a machine gun at him without giving him any rest...

"Yah yah, before that, the name is Santiago Agoncillo..."

"Why did you introduce yourself now? It's so out of context"

Suddenly hearing that introduction of him that he didn't even ask for, he retorted with typical claims and as well with respect. Ignoring his retort, Santiago, with his husky voice gave him an answer:

"I said It because I want to. That's It..."

"I don't know If It's true but If It is true then I'm having doubts about having you as an ally..."

"Harsh for you to say that"

Exchanging lines and retorts as If they're friends on their way to school, they laugh and giggles about each other. If they're at different time, location and situation then maybe, just maybe, you could call It "nice"

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Without even seeing each other's faces and only relying on the voices of the other, Santiago Agoncillo and Allaine Monillas have been born! This is the start of the long escape towards the light, the future!

"Santiago! Please look for any cavities at your side..."

"Aye already looked a long time ago but found nan. This place seems rundown at first sayt but It's pretty stardi"

Voicing out his honest opinions along with his weird accent and husky voice, Allaine can't help but groan at the impeccable wall that's blocking their light right now! It's absurd! Ridiculous! For them to even be caged here in the first place!

"Santiago! If we can't find any cavities, then we'll force them to let us out..."

"What? Aye don't know what you're planning but It seems to be a rashly thought plan. Maybe weh should gather da help of everyone farst..."

Gathering the help of everyone seems to be the most rational thing to do! But Allaine already knows It! The children in these cages are either don't have any wills to live or just plain gave up on escaping...

"We should back out at that idea, Santiago. We don't have any time encouraging them."

"I see, Aye understand... What do yah want to do?"

Agreeing to his opinions As If Allaine is the commander of the force called the SanAllaine Alliance, Santiago obediently obeys every word and advises of Allaine! He doesn't know why he's trusting him but It makes things easier!

"It's a simple plan but has the most shot... I overheard your conversation 2 days ago, that guy who seems to be Chinese said that "There are only 3 days left" so I think It means 3 days will be left until your organs will be plucked"

Those words escaping from his mouth, voicing out his thoughts, hypothesis, and theories... Santiago treated him with silence, not replying with anything but not shutting him down either

"Hey, am I right? Santiago!"

Still refusing to utter a word, Allaine finally called out to him so he can confirm that he's still conversing with him on the other side of the wall...

"So what yah saying is while the others are getting meh, you'll find the keys with them then you'll escape... After that, you'll get the help of police or anyone who's powerful enaugh"

"So you do get It... Yeah, trust me..."

Along with the cold winds blowing with them, the conversation got strayed to a heavy silence, with no one wants to break the ice... It's just cold, chilly silence in the air! After finally 5 minutes, Santiago finally decides to break the ice...

"Allaine, that's yar name, yah said? Aye want to finish One Piece... Aye want to know if Luffy gets to be the Pirate King. Aye also want to finish Naruto, yah know? Being a ninja and all is kind of cool..."

All of a sudden, without any kind of context, Santiago suddenly blurts out all kinds of nonsense about Pirate Kings, ninjas, One Piece, and Naruto. Things that Allaine doesn't have any clue about they are.

"Then, you want to live so you can experience them, right? Please leave everything to me, in contrast to what you did to me, I'm giving you hope... So please live so you can see these ninjas and Pirate Kings you're asking for"

"Aight seems that explosion of yours inflicted some kind of sparks within me, I'm now infected with your stupidity and being cringe-worthy even though I didn't even meet you"

Laughing in front of the heavy and dense atmosphere, the two Ignores the time they're in and completely lost in a whole new world... devoid of any disturbance

END OF CHAPTER 36