You place a gentle hand on her shoulder. The contact is all it takes for her to fling her arms around you as if you were The Wire Road itself.

After a long moment, Lina gathers herself. "I can still feel it inside me. Like worms in my stomach. How do I keep it from coming out again?" she asks.

You tell her you do not know how, but you promise you will be there to protect her if it does. As you look at the charred gashes in the walls caused by the explosion of Darklight, a part of you wonders what you may have just gotten yourself into.