The woman walked up the mountain, she took no pleasure in the crisp clean air.

This wasn't that unusual a thing, she had walked for most of her life. Her feet were something she could trust with absolute certainty.

It had taken some time for her to get here.

But her power said that this was the optimum path. And yet, she dared not ask it for the answer she had came for. All she had were questions.

This was the last task she had, the absolute last task that she had before she could lay down the burden that she had carried for most of her life.

Ever since that day, long ago.

All her life, burdened with the great task. To save the world from the evil gods.

She shook her head, she had been naive to the ways of reality, once, an impressionable girl.

Still, her power indicated that the path she traveled was safe, that this was the optimal path for her.

And thus, she continued the climb up the mountain as the sun slowly set in the west.

What she found was not what she expected. True, it had been months since the end of everything, and she expected the one she sought to still be alive.

She did not expect to find a cosy home in the mountain facing the setting sun; dug into the ground with turf roof and walls, and a stone wall.

Smoke rose out of the chimney, while the flickering light of a fire place and a lamp shone out the window.

Concern for a moment rose in her heart at the notion that the one she had come for had already found someone to look for her. That concern faded away as she shrugged, her power had guided her this far, it would guide her further.

Before she could speak up from where she stood what should be well outside of the range of control, the door opened and the other looked at her before speaking up. "You can come in, Contessa. I promise I won't use my power on you."

In english.

It appeared that Taylor Hebert had healed her mind in the time the journey had taken.

With a shrug and relief in her heart, she entered the home of the savior of humanity. She wouldn't need to do what she had feared she had to do.

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After the End | Palaver
Worm AU