RHEIN'S POINT OF VIEW
For seven days, the world went on without me.
Nalaman ko lang ang lahat nang magising ako.
My awareness slowly returned. Ang unang naramdaman ko ay ang init sa dibdib ko.
"Forelody..." tawag ko.
My pracien immediately lifted her head. Namumuo ang mga luha sa kanyang mga mata habang mahigpit siyang kumapit sa akin, as if afraid I would disappear again.
"I missed you," she whispered.
Doon ko lang napagtanto kung nasaan ako.
My room in the Mnarr Palace.
Pumasok ang sikat ng araw through the tall windows, making the curtains glow gold.
Everything looked the same.
Yet I knew I wasn't.
Dahan-dahan akong umupo. Nanatiling malapit sa akin si Forelody habang patungo ako sa harap ng salamin.
I froze.
Silver hair fell over my shoulders.
Ang dating brown na mga mata ko ay naging gray.
Tinitigan ko ang reflection ko, searching for the girl I used to be.
Wala na siya.
Lumipad si Forelody papunta sa mesa sa tabi ko. Doon ko napansin ang mga balahibo niya.
They had turned gray too.
"What happened to us?" tanong ko.
Later, the doctor explained what had happened.
Natunaw na pala sa loob ko ang core ng Juelaetornulus Ruihnas at tuluyan na itong nag-fuse sa mnarill ko. It was no longer separate from me.
Its power had become my own.
Deore mnarill now flowed through my body, mixed with my hwizta mnarill.
I have become a half-hwizta and half-deore mnarillaza.
A contradiction that should not exist.
And yet, I was the living proof that it could.
Nang sapat na ang lakas ng mga binti ko para makalakad, umalis ako sa kwarto at umakyat sa pinakamataas na tower ng palasyo.
From there, I could see Mnarra.
Unti-unti nang gumagaling ang lupain mula sa paninira ng digmaan. The fields were green again.
"Kagigising mo lang, and you're already climbing again?" a familiar voice called. "Seriously, unggoy ka ba talaga?"
Napangiti ako at lumingon.
Dylan came over and sat beside me.
"Have you ever seen a monkey with gray hair?" I asked.
"Yeah," he answered. "I'm looking at one."
Natawa ako.
We stayed there together, our shoulders touching.
For a while, neither of us spoke.
Hindi nagtagal ay may sumigaw mula sa ibaba.
Sumilip ako roon at natawa sa aking nakita.
Everyone was there.
My family. My friends. The people I was afraid I might never see again.
Maging sina Xyrille at Jean ay naroon, pretending they weren't smiling. Pakunwari yatang nagtatampo sila sa akin. Well, I couldn't blame them for doing so. I left them. 
Near the back was Lolo Lembo.
"Hey!" someone shouted. "Bumaba nga kayo rito!"
"In a minute!" sigaw ko pabalik.
That night, the palace was filled with music and laughter.
Pero nang maging masyadong maingay ang lugar, wala akong pasabing umalis.
"Dylan, come with me."
"Gusto mong tumakas?"
"Hell, hindi."
Sabay kaming lumabas ng palasyo.
I held his hand and we teleported.
The Dark Palace was still standing when we arrived. A faint barrier surrounded it beneath the moonlight.
Kumunot ang noo ko.
"Bakit hindi ito sinira?" takang tanong ko.
"It is part of our history," Dylan said. "The king ordered us to preserve it."
I raised my hand.
With a snap of my fingers, the Dark Palace turned to dust.
Napatingin sa akin si Dylan. Hindi siya makapaniwala sa ginawa ko. 
"Why would you—"
"It's a sinful place," nakangiting saad ko. "Some parts of history don't deserve to remain."
Then I looked at him.
Matagal ko siyang tinitigan.
Binalot ng pagtataka ang kanyang mukha. Maybe, he's trying to read me. And maybe, he's also confused about why I was acting this way.
"Rhein...?"
Ramdam ko pagdaloy ng mga luha sa mga pisngi ko.
I remembered the crystal's voice from before we went back to the past.
"The end of Mnarra is inevitable. Only my bearer will survive. I will protect you."
But that protection had a price.
Para mailigtas ang Mnarra, kailangan ng crystal ang existence ko. My life. My memories. Everything that made me who I was.
There were only two choices.
Save myself.
Or save Mnarra.
Tumingin ako kay Dylan.
I wanted to live.
I wanted to stay.
But wanting wasn't enough.
"My mission is over."
Marahang gumalaw ang hangin sa paligid namin.
Heto na ang oras.
Dylan's face slowly became blurry as light began to take me apart, layer by layer. Unti-unting naglaho ang katawan ko, and even my name began to disappear from the world.
Then I vanished.
Not only from this place, but from both worlds.
From memory.
From history.
From every heart I had ever touched.
Habang unti-unting naglalaho ang lahat tungkol sa akin, I held on to one last wish.
Sana...
If another life was waiting for me after this one...
I hoped I would see him there.