That Which Sleeps

 is the twenty-seventh chapter of Natsumi Mukai's +Anima manga.

Synopsis
In Astar, Quincy tosses some food over a pond, and a large fish jumps up to eat it. Fly Greena Aight approaches, commenting on how large the fish has grown. Quincy reminds Fly of when he was a child and was alsmost eaten in that pond. Fly changes the subject, questioning why Igneous Giesrieg was sent to Moss Mountain as an emissary considering his hatred for the Kim-un-kur. It turns out that Quincy is hoping that Igneous can change his mind about them, and in turn the Kim-un-kur will reconsider an alliance.

On Moss Mountain, Igneous, his soldiers and the +Anima children face a large bear. They try to back away slowly, but the bear approaches. Igneous tries to slash it with his sword, but the sword goes right through as if it were a ghost. Senri steps forward, brandishing his bear claw, but is suddenly overcome with pain and collapses. The bear disappears into mist, and Si Mukar with some Kim-un-kur soldiers step into view.

Senri dreams of himself as a child among the Kim-un-kur. He sees someone he recognizes, then everything goes black; Senri is alone with the bear. At the Kim-un-kur camp, Upas stands over the unconscious Senri for a while before leaving the tent.

Igneous tries to convice Mukar to form an alliance, however Mukar is not interested, even with repeated Sailand's attacks. Mukar offers Igneous a tent before cutting their discussion short.

Outside, Nana Alba and Husky discuss whether Igneous is even capable of working with the Kim-un-kur. Nana has her doubts, but Husky believes Igneous is able to overlook his own feelings for the sake of his country. Mukar approaches them, and asks whether they have Animas; Cooro happily confirms this and asks the same of Mukar who discloses his wolf Anima. They discuss the Kim-un-kur's respect for +Anima, and after Mukar leaves, Nana comments on how she never respected bats and would rather have a swan Anima; Husky stays silent but suspects that Nana knows that it is not what she respects but what she needed that determined her Anima.

Cooro notices that there aren't any women or children there, and Husky suggests that they are in a military base, not a village. They then see Upas in the distance, who Nana comments on the beads in his hair being the same color as Senri's, unlike the other Kim-un-kur there.

Upas meets Mukar out in the woods. The discuss how Senri's Anima overreacted to Upas's, which is why he lost consciousness. Mukar tells Upas Senri's name.

Senri wakes up and leaves the tent. Cooro, Husky and Nana are happy to see him up, however Senri doesn't recognize them.