Chapter 25: Mindscape
Rina was... dead.
He had watched her die through Franco's eyes, but the fact that her body was intact before him also made him understand that this was a half-truth at best. Rina had perished, but this expiration allowed her dormant esper power to awaken, and it was something that had to do with the power of death.
Kaizer clenched his jaw and spoke with bloodshot eyes: "Anir, I need you to bring Rina back."
Anir remained silent, then spoke softly. "I cannot sense her."
It was a simple answer, but it highlighted the problem Anir faced. From what Kaizer saw from Franco, Anir could 'heal' and 'resurrect' by using her power to reject the death of people she targets, causing them to forcefully come back to life or be restored, but it must have limitations.
One of them was this: Anir could not restore what she couldn't see or sense. Rina was technically one thoughtstream or 'psyche' in her mind, with Anir being another. She could not use her death power to resurrect a psyche that dissipated due to death, so she was as helpless as Kaizer.
However, Kaizer found that he was not as helpless as he thought. Closing his eyes to calm himself, he opened them and walked up to Anir, who was floating on the spot like some sort of goddess, speaking in a firm tone.
"Release your mental barrier and let me find her."
His demand was outrageous and very insensitive, but Anir seemed to not be as bothered by it as his previous behavior. She simply hesitated for a bit and then nodded, descending from mid-air to stand before Kaizer in a slightly demure posture, very unlike Rina.