Ray continued to smile until the end of the conversation with Elaina.
It's a pity because he didn't enjoy the conversation afterwards at all. He continued to respond to Elaina in the most common way and agreed with everything they talked about.
Ray realized that Elaina looked like she was talking to a statue the whole time, and the statue she meant was Ray. A statue cannot refute anything that others say to it, and that is what Ray experienced a while ago.
It's now 9 o'clock and Ray has returned to the room prepared for him.
He lay on the bed staring at the ceiling above him.
23...
I am the 24th person...
I don't need to think further to know why I counted there were 25 people including myself called to this world.
I don't need to think...
In fact, I already knew before thinking.
