Mira is lying in her bed when Elena visits her.

Hey!

Hey, what's up?

Nothing, I just wanted to see you. How are you doing?

I'm fine. I'm reading as always.

Cool!

Since you're already here, do you have any idea how long you've been living here already?
I don't remember it at all.

I also don't know anymore, it must have been hundreds of years already.
I'm sure I'm already living here longer than you.

Really? I was under the impression...

I'm pretty sure about that.

I'll ask Nera later. I'm sure, she remembers.

Good idea.

Mira puts her book away. She lost interest anyway. She read that book often enough already.
Elena already looks like she's going to leave again.

Oh, and do you remember anything about the places you lived before?

Yeah, I've been living in four or five different places before. Probably a few hundred years at each of them.
Maybe I've been living at even more places I don't remember.

Oh, you must really be old already.

What about you?

...
I don't remember living anywhere else.
But I probably told you already.

I don't remember.
But I was asking if you know anything about your age.
Do you know that?

I'm not sure.
But I guess I'm also pretty old already.
You know my abilities, don't you?

Fighting?

Mira gets up and starts to walk around on her hands.

Oh, I've never seen you do this.

I also can't remeber learning this. I just can do it when I want.

Mira laughs.

But you do a lot of training, so it's not that unexpected.

Yeah, maybe.

But when you say you don't remember living on a different place, does that mean, you've been living here for a longer time? Or do you have memory issues.

Both sounds reasonable.
But in any case, I must be really old.

I'm sure you're right about that.
But I don't want to bother you any longer.

When Elena leaves, Mira gets up as well.

I really have to ask Nera now. She must know who of us has been living here for longer.

Mira looks around for Nera, but she's nowhere to be found.
So she goes back to Elena.

I haven't seen her all day.
Any idea where she might be?

No idea. I also haven't seen her.

Recently she didn't feel that good.
Sometimes she's really happy in one moment, and suddenly she doesn't even want to live anymore.
So I'm starting to get a bad feeling about it...

Oh, to me she didn't really seem happy for some time already.
She probably just pretended to be happy.

I think her feelings are real.
At least when she's around me, she's happy most of the time.

Maybe happiness is not all you need in life?

Do you think something is wrong with her?
She can't just die, can she?

I never experienced that.
But I heard it's possible to get ill.

Ill?

This makes people feel bad and sometimes even die.
But it normally doesn't happen.
If someone is able to get ill, something is wrong with her in the first place.
So if Nera was able to be ill, she would have been ill already.

So she's not just going to die, right?

At least she won't die as long as she doesn't cause the death herself.

Oh..., you think she would...?

No, I don't. I'm sure she's just around the corner.
Let me help you look for her.

While they are searching for Nera, she just comes in.

Hey, sorry. I've been outside. Were you looking for me?

She seems as happy as always.
Mira immediately gives her a hug.

Is something wrong?

No, everything is fine. I just thought something happened to you.

No need to worry about me.
You're strong enough on your own.

What are you talking about?

Oh, nothing. I just think, you're a good fighter.
Sorry, I just like to think about our fights. Just forget about it.

Uhm..., Mira, didn't you want to ask her something?

Oh, you're right. Do you remember who lives here for longer? Me or Elena?

We've been living here long before Elena came to this place.
I almost got eaten back then.

Oh, you're right! I think I remember!

I remember it well. I didn't have proper arms and legs for more than a year.

Oh, we really went that far.

Since then everything is different to me.
It felt like my life is finished.
Everything since then felt like a totally new life.
It's just weird. I still don't know how to explain it properly.
It's like a second life, and I didn't expect it.

I think, I know that feeling.

You do?

Yeah, sometimes getting something you want doesn't feel earned.

That's not exactly it. But that's also an interesting view on it.

No idea what you're talking about, but since you think about fighting a lot, what do you think about having a fight now?

Yeah, let's go, Mira!
This will be fun!