I met an adventurer in Final Fantasy XIV after my cousin had pushed me to start playing. She was a adorable cat girl with a sweet and charming personality. But outside the game she was a girl with dark, sunken eyes playing from her laptop on a care facility bed. As her scars cast a shadow in the game world, we began feeling a connection in the real world. I knew the smiles she showed me in the game weren't fake. So I started trying to support her in her grey hospital room, just like she had supported me in Eorzea.

(Source: Kadokawa, translated)