There’s an argument between Melana and the party, but they finally relent and board the vessel… even Blitz does so, making Melana promise to come back when all of this is over. She doesn’t say a word. The vessel departs, leaving Melana to return to Krynia’s throne room. Meanwhile, the party is on the vessel, uneasy as it returns to Earth. It is discovered that Blitz hasn’t actually boarded… he’s back at the palace with Melana. Hark is distraught that Blitz stayed, but Ophi comforts him… they know that it’s up to Blitz and Melana to save the world now.
Alternating cutscenes play, showing Hark, Ophi, Gulrock, Lucilla, Artemis, and Sanathri making their way quickly back to Salvation, barely replacing the energy present within the Essence crystals in time to save the planet. The cataclysms stop and the party emerges from the crater to a grateful world… but now, the palace hovers in the sky, plummeting faster and faster to the planet. Melana takes the Celestriad and focuses its power as best as she can, but a wave of uncertainty washes over her. She thinks of Luna’s failure and Krynia’s madness, and remembers her own doubts and the time when she turned on her friends. She falls to her knees and closes her eyes, gripping the Celestriad with all her might. It begins to shatter…
Blitz: Melana!
Melana: …Blitz? I told you to go with the others!
Blitz: Remember what I promised? That I’d go to the ends of the earth with you?
Melana: I…I made that promise to you.
Blitz: We made it to each other. You don’t have to bear this burden alone. You never have. *holds onto the Celestriad with her* Now are we going to do this, or-
Melana: Yes. *smiling* No matter what happens….
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Kid: She wrote a bad word!
Jade: I write what I feel.