The Near Future VIII. Requiem - I Fight Dragons

The boy carries the girl out of the complex

Following her grandpa at a run until the three of

Them are far away

Suddenly the girl’s grandpa stops and turns on

The boy

He angrily informs him that the girl

Should never have let the boy get involved, that it

Has broken more

Rules than he can imagine, and

That even if she survives, she will

Face incredibly dire consequences.

He explains that the boy and the

Girl are now

Linked, which is strictly

Forbidden for anyone not from their

World, and that the process is irreversible.

The boy ignores him,

cradling the girl’s limp body

In his arms as her ragged breathing begins to

Slow

After a few more halting breaths, it stops

Altogether.

The boy begins to cry

He covers his eyes as his

Tears fall onto the girl’s unmoving body

As he weeps, the blue light ignites in his hands

Once more

Slowly at first, and then in a torrent, it begins to

Spill out of him and into the girl.

Faster and faster

The light flows, brighter and brighter, until all at

Once it flares out