Except, and this is the part that will be disturbing upon waking, she hadn't wanted it. It had happened amid her shock and confusion, from desperation and not malice. For that moment, she had thought she couldn't possibly face a world without him- and the ginzuishou had complied.

That was all. Just that moment. And now, whether she wills it or not, it has happened. Now, whether she wills it or not, her place will be taken by the girl she is certain will do the same thing, for the same reason.

Somehow, though this conversation couldn't be called friendly, it feels important to speak the truth. "When Endymion died," she says slowly, and there's a slight shiver at the very thought, "I could no longer stop my feelings, or that power."