Глава 6

A hard question. I don't know.

Projekt Red, do you think killing me would make her happy?

No. She is in pain.

We are not the law. We cannot judge people. We have the power to kill others, but no power to claim it is right to do so.

If she took pleasure in the act of murder, I would have killed her on the spot. Without question.

I know. She is not happy. Her breathing is erratic.

She has now become a virus. A unique strain spreading 'unease' among the Infected fanatics of Chernobog.

...How many years does a person live? And how many paths can they take? We spend more time blind than we do seeing the truth.

But then, seeing the truth and making a choice are two different things.

When she awakens from this dream of collective revenge, she will leave Reunion. But even so, Sergei's blood, and that of the people of Chernobog, will always be on her hands.

Projekt Red... When you make a choice, there is no going back.

I understand. I will do my best. I will only kill wolves.

Good girl.

Do you remember that scent?

I remember.

What is it like?

...Not bad.

It's a bloody smell, but not like you were just saying, with the heart and stuff.

How silly. Talulah is a Draco, how could she be a wolf?

Hmm.

Time to go?

Yes, let's go.

...The temperature's dropping. We're running out of time. Let's step up our efficiency.

第二关（后）

All of the Reunion teams I could reach have pulled out.

That's a lot of people.

It's incredible... like a river.

It'll be a river out there in the wilderness... a river of refugees.

There's Ursus and Lugmenites out there. Infected and ordinary folk alike. No matter what they came with, they're leaving empty-handed.

They thought there was a place that would take them. Now they know there's never anywhere they could've gone.

This river won't flow forever.

(He sounds so sad.)

(He picked that up from Big Daddy.)

(No wonder. Anyone would get sentimental at a time like this.)

If Big Daddy was here, we would've won the fight and it wouldn't have come to this, huh?

It's the luck of the draw. No use thinking about how things could've been.

......Get ready. I'll go talk it over with the Phantom Crossbowmen.

Don't rush me. It's not like I don't know.

Hurry up already. Quit screwing around.

I'm pretty choked up too!

Are you sure?

It's Yeti Squad.

What about Amiya and her people?

They're already on their way. Amiya said to tell you to 'take it easy'.

She knows better than to tell me that. It's me, Blaze. When do I ever take it easy?

Blaze! Where are you going?!

To save lives!

Crossbowmen! Wait up!

Yetis... what are you doing?

It's Sister FrostNova... She's growing weak. She can't keep this up for long.

She exhausted her energy pushing back Lungmen's forces. She may not wake up for a while.

You mean you want us to take her with us?

But we aren't going back to Chernobog. Faust didn't want Mephisto to go back...

We're begging you!

We want Sister to be together with Patriot, in the end!

We know, they're not exactly getting along right now, but... their bond is stronger than blood.

So please... we beg of you.

And what will you do?

We'll cover you. If we don't hold them back, the Lungmenites will catch you in no time.

Once you're all far enough away from Lungmen that you're no longer a threat to them, they'll give up the chase.

But that means, you guys will...

Live by the sword, die by the sword. We're okay with dying in battle.

The future that Sister FrostNova spoke of is still a ways away. But we don't need to see it for ourselves.

We owe you our lives.

That's nothing. You're saving our Sister.

...We will do what you ask of us. I swear it.

Take these armguards. And put on this protective suit.

What for?

Our Sister is far too cold for you.

...She...

...She's so light...

The Arts have emptied her body. Easy now, easy...

Don't wake her.

Look at her... look how softly she sleeps.

Goodbye, Sister...

We'll be waiting for you.

...All right then.

Let's... move on.

It's us that's moving on.

We'll meet again, Yetis.

Not too soon, I hope.

Are we going to die?

*Ursine profanity*, what are you crying for?

Are you a Yeti or not?!

Are you not crying?!

What am I crying about...?! Did you forget what Sister said?!

She said not to cry.

Right! She said not to cry... More than a decade ago, she said not to cry! So I don't want to see any tears! We don't get to cry... because we haven't won yet!

Once we win, once we're free...

Once we're free, we'll cry our eyes out, in the wilderness, in the snow, in the stacks of wheat piled high, we'll be bawling!

Sister was crying as she said it, you know.

She was only nine at the time. We were all a little older than her...

Without her, we would have died in that mine.

Did you bring the sauce?

Bring the what...? Wait, I thought we weren't allowed to bring it?

You're not allowed to drink on the march, but you had it with you, I know.

I want a drink too...

You're not old enough yet, are you?

B- but I've never tried before. I don't want to die without ever tasting it...

Give him a little.