Disclaimer: Koge-Donbo is not I. Really.

Warnings: n/a

A/N: -flails uselessly- Well, I tried. I really did. And I seem to be limiting myself to less than 300 words for each segment. Huh, I can only vaguely wonder why. Not that it matters for me. At least they don't take long to read.

Locked in a Cage
09
(My Beautiful Robe)

"Do you believe in God, Karasuma-senpai?"

He didn't know where the question had come from, or why she had asked in the first place, but he had no ready answer for it. Golden, inquisitive eyes continued to stare into him, though, as she waited for an answer.

Kirio swallowed, somewhat unnerved with the attention, as he tried to keep his thoughts in the present.

"I suppose you could say that I believe in a higher being, if anything. There are times when you have to believe in it; science may prove some things, but there are too many unanswered questions." He had the nagging feeling that his answer didn't actually answer anything.

She didn't seem to think that way, as she hung onto his every word. Once it was obvious that he had finished, the younger girl could only agree with him as she turned to face the sky.

"There are lots of things we could never know," she breathed, "The creatures around us and their creation; how we, as humans, continue to fight for survival… It's a beauty we can only accept as it is."

As she trailed off, she seemed to fall into a semi dream-like state, as if entranced with her own words. Kirio chose not to disturb her thoughts, as he turned back to what he had been worrying over before the question had cropped into her mind. What Miyon's words had sparked back to life.

It was like what Rika had said; they were running out of time and would have to make the next move as soon as possible. They were all cloaked in a curse, after all (with gods and goddesses battling each other), and one side had to lose it all.