Burn: The Last Witness (part 32)

(The Midnight Hunt)
*Running into Burn on the outskirts of the Citadel, upon the one path still safe enough to escape the Old One and reach the Majestic, Kathryn sees how many of the Citadel have survived. Hundreds are dead, yet the Citadel existed for over two thousand years and Witnesses like she and Burn once used to lead hundreds to that city's safety every year. There remains so much life that Kathryn will not let down again. She will be a true Witness once more, no longer will she choose to end evil, or save only those she deems worthy, she will rush up and to all who are alive and will ensure their survival as they travel further up into the Majestic. Kathryn begs Burn to do the same, she even pulls him close to plead and to remind. Though they never shared the same passion he once had with the Blood Empress, Kathryn tries to bring back the love they once had that did get so close. She begs Burn to be with her, to be the Witness they both tried to be right after the High Father first blessed them with such a charge. But Burn is too lost in his blood lust. All of this, even the fall of the Citadel, has only brought about the end to so much evil he was always after. He killed the Feral King, he just slaughtered Varso and Sumnaz. Besides, he took the life of the Blood Empress to save her son and then he immediately sacrificed that boy just to be here, living inside a reality where so many Corners of Midnight...both Original and New...are gone. He won't stop. He can't stop. Burn lets Kathryn be a Witness if that's what she wants, he leaves her to protect while he turns back to the wreckage of the Citadel to finally take the Old Ones head [AI Art]*