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*Exhale*... I'd be lying... if I said 'not at all.'

I'll stop pretending... there's no bitterness between us. What Craig did was wrong, too, and I've no intention of shielding any guilt.

But a friend has taught me—the evil I see before me has to be stopped.

This has nothing to do with which side I'm on. I'm doing what's right.

Th—Thank you...

...Ah...

Calm down, Craig. You don't need to tug so hard.

It doesn't matter if I was ever a good soldier. I've been ready to fight from the moment I deserted.

But your wounds...

(Rip—)

The banner's the cleanest thing I have on me, and there's a better use for it right now.

Jane gently wraps the torn piece of the banner around the wounded child's forehead.

*Sobs*... I—I'm sorry... M... Miss...

Don't worry for now, Craig. You get some rest.

As for you, soldier, it's time you leave—

And before you do, you'll need to pay for what you did to Saoirse.

What, and you'll make me, all by yourself?

If I have to.

...We're with you too.

One by one, the wounded men with less serious injuries step out of their hiding spots and stand behind Jane, the girl with her banner held up high.

What... What are you all doing?!

Are you going to resist Dublinn?! O'Brien, you should be helping me get her! Don't forget how Damian died!

No, Ronan. I haven't forgotten about Damian, but on the other hand... I haven't forgotten about Saoirse either.

We've done a lot of bad... I'm not blind. Now that it's come to this, I can tell who's really been trying to help us all along.

She's not even Taran!

Do you see the looks in their eyes?

We stand together. For now, at the very least.

You... absolute idiots! You'll all die here for your foolishness!

Watch your injuries. Don't push yourselves.

Leave these villains to me.

I will win this battle...

No—together, we will win this!