It will let me go.
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...
Huh?
Huh?
What the...?
What the...?
What is this?
What is this?
Where am I?
Where am I?
???
???
P-Pirogoeth??
P-Pirogoeth??
What are you--
What are you--
No! Wait!!
No! Wait!!
Oh hell, she's reaching for her knives, of course she's reaching for her knives.
Oh hell, she's reaching for her knives, of course she's reaching for her knives.
You!!
You!!
You are dead!
You are dead!
I know! Yes, I am dead!!
I know! Yes, I am dead!!
You let me die!
You let me die!
I agreed! remember?!
I agreed! remember?!
It was the only way to end the chaos!!
It was the only way to end the chaos!!
Is that what happened?
Is that what happened?
You sat with me and talked to me as I bled to death!
You sat with me and talked to me as I bled to death!
You didn't heal me!
You didn't heal me!
I... understood.
I... understood.
Yes, that is what happened.
Yes, that is what happened.
I've died so many times, I get confused.
I've died so many times, I get confused.
Are you a ghost?
Are you a ghost?
A ghost?
A ghost?
No...
No...
I don't think I'm a ghost.
I don't think I'm a ghost.
Am I?
Am I?
It has been eight years.
It has been eight years.
Have you come back to haunt me after all this time?
Have you come back to haunt me after all this time?
Eight years??
Eight years??
It can't be.
It can't be.
I just died!
I just died!
Didn't I?
Didn't I?
I...
I...
I don't know.
I don't know.
What is going on?
What is going on?
Has it really been eight years?
Has it really been eight years?
...
...
She does look older.
She does look older.
More worn, perhaps?
More worn, perhaps?
What has happened to her since I died?
What has happened to her since I died?
...
...
Her hair is longer.
Her hair is longer.
Why am I noticing her hair?
Why am I noticing her hair?
If you are not a ghost, why would you appear from out of nowhere like an apparition?
If you are not a ghost, why would you appear from out of nowhere like an apparition?
I... don't know.
I... don't know.
I don't know how I got here.
I don't know how I got here.
I was dying, and then I was here.
I was dying, and then I was here.
...
...
Has it really been eight years?
Has it really been eight years?
Yes.
Yes.
Where are we?
Where are we?
What land is this?
What land is this?
This is the village of Lourdis. It used to be part of Southern Avalon.
This is the village of Lourdis. It used to be part of Southern Avalon.
Southern Avalon?? That far?
Southern Avalon?? That far?
I had to travel a great distance to escape the chaos that devoured the middle lands.
I had to travel a great distance to escape the chaos that devoured the middle lands.
Most of Avalon and Aramathea survived, but everything east and north disappeared into the void.
Most of Avalon and Aramathea survived, but everything east and north disappeared into the void.
There isn't much left of the world after you pulled most of it down.
There isn't much left of the world after you pulled most of it down.
Ah.
Ah.
And there wouldn't be any of it left, had you not let me die.
And there wouldn't be any of it left, had you not let me die.
No, there would not.
No, there would not.
I remember now.
I remember now.
I had done everything I could to destroy her.
I had done everything I could to destroy her.
Domina of a pitifully small and isolated city-state, a capable but hardly dangerous mage, she should not have been a challenge.
Domina of a pitifully small and isolated city-state, a capable but hardly dangerous mage, she should not have been a challenge.
Her lands and her people were easy to destroy.
Her lands and her people were easy to destroy.
They fell before me like gravel into the ocean.
They fell before me like gravel into the ocean.
But she...
But she...
...
...
In the end, she bore a weapon with a power I could not defeat.
In the end, she bore a weapon with a power I could not defeat.
Out of desperation I tore down the very world around her, so she would fall into the void and be devoured...
Out of desperation I tore down the very world around her, so she would fall into the void and be devoured...
But even there I failed.
But even there I failed.
Somehow she followed me into the depths of the void.
Somehow she followed me into the depths of the void.
Where I still could not bring myself to kill her...
Where I still could not bring myself to kill her...
but she could kill me...
but she could kill me...
And did.
And did.
From the darkest deep, in the very structure of the world, surrounded by its tangled wreckage...
From the darkest deep, in the very structure of the world, surrounded by its tangled wreckage...
what?
what?
You managed to find your way back.
You managed to find your way back.
I did.
I did.
Barely.
Barely.
Ah.
Ah.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Are you?
Are you?
Yes... odd as it might sound.
Yes... odd as it might sound.
I am... relieved that you survived.
I am... relieved that you survived.
Generous of you.
Generous of you.
No! Really! I am!
No! Really! I am!
It eases my heart, somehow, to know you made it.
It eases my heart, somehow, to know you made it.
I... didn't think you would.
I... didn't think you would.
...
...
What the hell am I doing?
What the hell am I doing?
The greatest 3v1l, the dark destroyer of worlds...
The greatest 3v1l, the dark destroyer of worlds...
Rambling like a nervous country peasant.
Rambling like a nervous country peasant.
What am I doing?
What am I doing?
If you are not a ghost, then...
If you are not a ghost, then...
Is it really you?
Is it really you?
Are you actually here, alive...
Are you actually here, alive...
After all these years?
After all these years?
Did it simply take you this long to recover?
Did it simply take you this long to recover?
Is that what happened?
Is that what happened?
I... I don't know.
I... I don't know.
are you back to finish what you started?
are you back to finish what you started?
Are you here to finish off me and my world?
Are you here to finish off me and my world?
What? no!
What? no!
I am not here to finish anything!!
I am not here to finish anything!!
I just died!
I just died!
I have no idea what is going on!
I have no idea what is going on!
I have no idea what I am doing!!
I have no idea what I am doing!!
It's true, I don't.
It's true, I don't.
...
...
You do not look like a ghost.
You do not look like a ghost.
You are too pathetic to be a ghost.
You are too pathetic to be a ghost.
Too pathetic?
Too pathetic?
Even a weak and insubstantial shade would radiate some dread or terror.
Even a weak and insubstantial shade would radiate some dread or terror.
You radiate no threat at all.
You radiate no threat at all.
...
...
Thanks.
Thanks.
I was just dead a few minutes ago, what the hell do you expect?
I was just dead a few minutes ago, what the hell do you expect?
She's as unpleasant and unlikeable as ever.
She's as unpleasant and unlikeable as ever.
How the hell I ever fell for this woman...
How the hell I ever fell for this woman...
In fact, when I look at you I do not feel anythng at all.
In fact, when I look at you I do not feel anythng at all.
...
...
Ow.
Ow.
Nothing?? Nothing at all?
Nothing?? Nothing at all?
No. Nothing.
No. Nothing.
Which is odd...
Which is odd...
Nothing at all...
Nothing at all...
After everything that happened between us...
After everything that happened between us...
you feel... Nothing?
you feel... Nothing?
...
...
Excuse me, I'm sorry.
Excuse me, I'm sorry.
For me it hasn't been eight years, it has been only moments.
For me it hasn't been eight years, it has been only moments.
I have not had the luxury of time to clear you from my head.
I have not had the luxury of time to clear you from my head.
You have moved on with your life.
You have moved on with your life.
I -
I -
You lived, I did not.
You lived, I did not.
I can accept that. I can tolerate that.
I can accept that. I can tolerate that.
But to say you feel nothing.
But to say you feel nothing.
I don't expect... warm feelings from you.
I don't expect... warm feelings from you.
Not love. Not after all I have done.
Not love. Not after all I have done.
But to feel nothing...
But to feel nothing...
Not even hate.
Not even hate.
Or satisfaction at my fall...
Or satisfaction at my fall...
Gloating, even!
Gloating, even!
Mock me, deride me, call upon your cohorts and your subjects to chain me and cast me into the void to be rid of me forever!
Mock me, deride me, call upon your cohorts and your subjects to chain me and cast me into the void to be rid of me forever!
But to feel nothing...
But to feel nothing...
...
...
Wait.
Wait.
Those are not the garments of a queen!
Those are not the garments of a queen!
Why are you dressed like a commoner?
Why are you dressed like a commoner?
Is it possible... you do not rule these lands?
Is it possible... you do not rule these lands?
How is it you do not rule as a great queen?
How is it you do not rule as a great queen?
You defeated the great 3vil, the destroyer of worlds!