The Darkness shuddered.
It tried to pull away. It tried to stop him.
But he simply smiled and held her, taking her insanity and her crimes into himself without hesitation.
There was no judgment in him.
Only acceptance.
Time passed.
How much time, no one could say.
Eventually, the World of Darkness collapsed inward. The Horrors dissolved. The Abominations vanished as if they had never existed.
What remained was a woman.
She was kneeling on the ground, clinging to Neo, crying into his chest like she had been holding her breath for an eternity and had finally been allowed to breathe.
Neo cupped her face and lifted her head.
He was smiling.
She was crying.
"I missed you."
"I… sniff… I too…"
She broke down again and hugged him tighter, pressing her face against him.
"I thought… I would never be with you again."
Neo chuckled softly and rested his chin on her head, one hand rubbing her back in slow circles.
To the side, Elizabeth and Morrigan were watching.
