Глава 9

Something appears to be dripping sorrowfully from his helmet.

A minute passes.

During this eternity of a minute, there are no other sounds except for the low rumbling of the moving city.

Everyone there was forced to confront their own hearts.

They may have overcome their doubts, no longer at a loss.

Ch'en has tried to run far away many times.

But she stopped herself.

They may have indulged their hatred, fixed and unwavering.

The women standing at the core were bound to decide the final battle at the summit of the tower.

The battle of Lungmen drew here to an end.

It was as if there were fundamentally no winners, and no losers.

Only each individual settling their aspirations, each headed somewhere different.

Doctor...

You don't want to talk?

I get it. So much has happened.

But, with you by my side, I feel... I feel happy.

There are some things we can't do by ourselves.

Rhodes Island... we always press forward, no matter what the dark clouds bring.

And no matter how many terrible stories unfold across the world...

I'll always believe in the warmth in your heart.

Welcome home, Doctor.

Every battle in the standoff against Reunion, you can recall.

But you still cannot find any recollection of the things that should most come back to you.

The things of the past. The things of Rhodes Island.

The things you can truly do.

You know, come the future, that there will be more journeys still to take.

And that this... is no more than a beginning.