“Just the thought of crashing


    through that sounds scary.”


    I speak my mind, trying


    to vision that happening.


    “It won''t be. We will be free.”


    Tetsu smiles at me a warm


    smile.


    “If we stay here any longer


    and feed into despair, we


    will die a second time and


    become reprobates.”


    “You mean wicked just


    like Ronin and Cerise?”


    I asks Tetsu who nods


    in agreement.


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    I think back to the glass


    painting of the Holy


    Rose.


    I really do want to leave


    this God forsaken place.


    I know Tetsu desires


    the same thing but


    where will we end


    up after?


    I rest my head on


    Tetsu’s shoulder,


    feeling so cold.


    Tetsu feels warmer


    than me.


    I wonder why.


    More images of the Holy


    Rose flashes through


    my mind.


    “Allow me to save you


    both.” A voice whispers


    in my ear.


    A voice that surely wasn''t


    Testu''s.


    Who was that?


    Sudden peace washes


    over me and I close


    my eyes.


    My mind is quiet


    and my heart feels


    at ease.