LILY: (Morose) I'm still waiting...

(Sound of her pacing and cracking her knuckles nervously.)

LILY: (Brightening) ... but he'll come! Gotta ask... [trailing off]

LILY: (Quieter, curious) Who's Valentine? ... And, umn... what's a 'day'? ... I don't know 'bout any of it, I guess.

[Lily is lying on her side inside the doorway of a building. Her eyes are unfocused and dazed; she holds the communicator up at her face but her hands are shaky. Her breathing is raspy; her face is tucked into the bottom of her shirt ( Read more... )

[As the video feed begins, there's a slender girl curled into the foetal position on the ground. The communicator is at arm's length; one of her fingers is in front of the camera for a moment, making a pinky-red blur on the screen ( Read more... )