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~ Futility ~

"LIAR! You can't just STEAL someone's body!" Primm declared, outraged.

"My dear, I can do anything I want," replied Thanatos, from where he now resided within Dyluck's body. He let loose an evil cackle, which was soon cut short in confusion. "Huh? Can't... move..."

The only course of action left to the young soldier to fight off the invading evil within him... was to die. With no vessel to contain it, Thanatos would be left with only his spirit. They could defeat him then - the destined three. They could save the world.

Saving the world. That's what this journey was about, right?

For those two, maybe. For the girl, it had always been about finding Dyluck - saving him.

But now everything she had gone through to reach to this point had been in vain. She'd come this far and she could save everything except the one thing that mattered.

It wasn't fair.

~end~

A/N: The dialogue in the first two paragraphs is quoted directly from the game.