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She heard Teale's words and growled. She slapped her on the face. "You b***h.. You rotten whore.." She growled and then looked up at Joy. She shook her head. "Joy.. You dont know.. What.. Is.. Going on with this.. She.. Must die and pay for her sins.."

She then looked back down at Teale and kissed her on the forhead. "Sorry sister.. But.. Ill see you in the afterlife.." She then held her hands together, forming her own ice dagger that was very thick and sharp. She held it in her hands tightly. She then held it up in the air as water poured down on them. She then swiftly brought it down into Teale's chest, at her heart.

When the ice dagger went down and pierced through Teale, Bastarache stood underneath the rain without a reaction emerging from him. He felt the water soak his black, torn clothes and pour down onto the ground, he felt it pass through him.

He simply stared at Susie through the darkness he himself was now. With his eyes that had a dead glow about them, he said "Is it over?"

Without changing his expression, he walked over to them, the soil crushed underneath his feet. First, he crouched down Susie; although he was so much larger than her, he found it difficult. With the caring of a friend, he let some of his clothes cover her and become her clothes.

Then, he went to the crater in which Uwasa was lying. He stared at her while the rain continued to come down onto him.

"Under other circumstances, I should watch you suffer. But, you helped me. And here, I help you."

Pointing at her with a gloved hand, he felt the remedy emerge from his hands and cover Uwasa up, healing his wounds. He gently went into the center and picked him up. Placing him next to Susie, he pulled their blanket onto them.

Then, he stood up by them underneath the rain, his cape enlarging itself and flying with the wind. He whispered;

"Sleep. I'm watching over you."

Then, Bastarache's eyes turned onto Joy with their dead glow.

"I think you have some questions, Joy. I can answer."

"If you have time..." Bastarache said, "Can you answer some of my questions, then?" he demanded.

Staring at her through the darkness, he knew that a shadow shouldn'tve been asking such a question.

Not being able to smile, Bastarache observed her with his dead eyes. He broke through all the questions that swirled inside of his head and asked, "Who are you?"

Not taking a step away from Susie and Uwasa, he half-turned to directly face her, and observed her carefully.

"I'll let that pass, then." Bastarache said, "The second question is... Why are you here? Are you sure you want to be in Ria?"

(How to tell this reflection of happiness that... This place is just a citadel of sadness?)

Bastarache shivered with her touch, and one of his hands reached out instinctively to stop her. His dead eyes glowed even more dim for one second, as he looked into her eyes.

"I am not breaking. I am already broken. Broken inside, outside... And yet, yes, I was wrong. You are right. I am breaking still."

His gaze carried more meaning to it than he knew; it was almost speaking to Joy.

(How can you even guess at the pain I am feeling; this thorn growing inside, and piercing through my chest everytime I try to feel; and when I dig back inside, all I have is broken shards of a glass; the glass left of the window of pain when it was broken?)

Looking at her, Bastarache registered her words.

"It may be true, you know. It may really be true. But I can't seem to find the remedy; or the cure for this disease. I'm just stuck, clinging onto my life desperately as if it was even worth hanging onto."

Then, he sensed her uneasiness. Looking at her, his dead eyes glowed a bit warmer as if they were shifting to a caring stare, and then, they went dead one more time.

"Something's bothering you. Wanna tell me what?"