Behind the safety of her umbrella, Edna could no longer hide the trembling of her hands, no matter how hard she gripped it's handle. Sorey... only you, after all this time would try to still keep hope alive... she could guess what he was thinking. The soft-hearted Shepherd... someone she had come to trust, even if she knew he'd break his promise someday.

And Mikleo... when she heard him speak, it was all she could do to choke down a cry when he said those words. Mikleo who had stayed by her bedside all night when she was taken by a fevered dream... just like a brother might.

But her real brother was...

A monster that's devoured countless humans and seraphim alike. He's so far gone he... "He doesn't even recognize me anymore." Her voice shook now, there was no holding it in anymore. "But I kept holding on... I didn't want to give up on the possibility of him turning back the way he was." Sorey... you knew it was true too, right? As painful as it might be... "I've held onto that silly desire for hundreds of years," she confessed, the sound coming from her straining even thinner as she forced herself on. "I knew the truth in my heart, but I just— couldn't abandon my brother."

There was a pause, and finally... "I know we have to kill him. As long as he's still alive, I—" was this... her conviction, at last?