"For my sake..."
"Kir... I offer you the future. The vision I saw for you when I finally found a path for the world that didn't lead everything to ruin. I offer you time with your loved ones... your constellation. And to step out into a world full of life without knowing the hardship of the millennia it will take to create that world."
Tears fell from Kir's face, forming on their own as sorrow began to eclipse his anger. "I can't accept that... not from you. Not after everything you've done!" Kir readied himself, summoning Kangetsu into two forms—a rifle in his right hand and a pistol in his left. "I can't let you live."
"I know," Aeleas said. She stood, drawing forth a weapon that felt immediately familiar to Kir... for he was the one who had killed its previous wielder. From a dagger, the weapon became a spear, and the moment Aeleas lifted it towards the sky, a hundred rays of light began to descend on Kir's position.
