“It’s oh-so-funny, how these things tend to play out, isn’t it?”

            Not particularly. Now I’m just food for the Vven. Won’t be long before it reaches that jittering heart and the two reunite at long last. Maybe this was how it was supposed to be from the start. Either way she was going to die, but this way, even if she left me behind, I’ll go after her.

            “In a way.”

            “For now”