Waking by the Dead Brook

This is where chapter 1, “The Return of Souls”, begins. Lumi explains what happened to the world and states at once the rule the whole game stands on: an infected beast is not killed — it is worn down in battle and given back its soul.

The second law is named right there too, the price of defeat: if the dark overcomes the party, an Echo drags the Keeper back to the entrance of the land, but gear loses durability, part of the gold is gone, and an item may vanish from the bag.