LIAM AND I CARRIED THAT BURDEN FOR YEARS.
BOTH OF US.
YOU THINK LIAM DOESN'T KNOW?
HE JUST CAN'T BRING HIMSELF TO SAY IT.
...PLEASE LOOK AT US TOO.
IT'S TIME TO LET GO OF THE PAST...
?
IF THE PRICE OF BEING CONSUMED BY LOSS
IS LOSING SOMEONE ELSE,
THEN I MUST NEVER
REPEAT THAT FOOLISH MISTAKE AGAIN.
BECAUSE IF I KEEP LIVING THAT WAY,
I'LL END UP PROTECTING NOTHING AT ALL.
FINE. WHATEVER.
LET'S DO THIS...
WHAT THE HECK!
HOW DID YOU MISS THAT?
YOU NEVER MISS A SINGLE SHOT...
EVEN THE BOAR'S PROBABLY LAUGHING AS IT RUNS AWAY!
ARE YOU OKAY?
...I'M A LITTLE COLD.
DID YOU FORGET ME?
ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO FORGET ME AND LIVE HAPPILY?
SO NOW,
YOU TRUST THAT OUTSIDER MORE THAN ME?
DO YOU THINK ABANDONING YOUR OWN MEMORIES WILL ERASE YOUR SIN?
YOUR SIN IS THAT YOU SURVIVED.
SO IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT YOU DIE LIKE I DID.
EDEN.
...I'M SORRY.
...|...
I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT...
EDEN DIN.
YOU LITTLE BRAT!
I TOLD YOU NOT TO WANDER OUTSIDE THE SETTLEMENT ALONE, YOU BRAT!
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THE WORLD IS!
SO WHAT IF IT'S DANGEROUS?!
YOU THINK A WARRIOR OF THE MOUNTAINS
IS SCARED OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
OH, LOOK AT OUR GREAT GENERAL!!!!
GET OVER HERE, YOU LITTLE...!!!!
HEY, HEY, IT'S OKAY. DON'T CRY.
I OUGHT TO BREAK HIS LEGS OR SOMETHING SO HE CAN'T RUN OFF AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!
MISTER!
The chapter opens with an old burden carried with Liam and a call to leave the past behind, turning into an inner confrontation over the cost of surrendering to loss. A missed shot during the hunt and a feeling of cold escalate into tension with the emergence of a voice accusing of forgetting and surviving. Calling out to Eden, an apology and regret are followed by a lighter mood with a warm chase after a small child who went outside the settlement and is scolded.
