I am the light.

I am the darkness.

I am Yomi. I am destiny.

Like Gaia, I have seen this world, walked this world. I have resurrected continents, guided a fledgling hero, and guarded the secret of Pandora's Box.

I have seen Earth born and destroyed. I have brought about the world's birth, and been the catalyst of it's destruction.

Circumstances change. But there is always a legendary hero. There has to be. When Light and Dark are impotent, there must be a new player.

I have been a Phoenix, under the Master. I have been a comet, hurtling towards Gaia in the Tower of Babel. But betraying Ark...

I am eternal. My existence is beyond measure. I have seen Earth's cycle of growth and decay. And I have always done what has been necessary.

Why, then, am I now plagued by guilt?

Powerless to go against my nature and Gaia-ordained role in the game, I plotted Ark's downfall. Waited until he had proven himself the true hero, as if there had ever been any doubt. If he died, there would be no replacement.

Then attacked him. If Ark had died that night, Dark Gaia would have been unstoppable. With no champion of Light and no new hero, Light Gaia would have been pulled down from his 'Sky,' no longer 'The Master,' and that destiny would have ended.

And I would have no regrets.

But then, something even I had not expected. I, who have lived among humans! I, who was once human myself.

Elle... Ark's sweetheart. I thought memories of her would keep him going on his lonely quest, but I never imagined Dark Gaia would attempt to use her, too. She is part of the underworld, is his, but love is an emotion only humans have. Gaia could not have comprehended, let alone dealt with it.

I did not show it, but the presence of both the under world and surface Elles during the revelation of the hero truly unnerved me. The depths of their feelings for Ark threatened to erase my dark presence entirely.

These humans! What are they?

How can the actions, the futile sacrifice of a glorified monkey weigh upon the mind of Yomi? I am the light, I am the dark!

Without Gaia, there is only me! How can these humans, brief mortals, hold sway over me?

You impudent animals. You high-handed butchers of your own kind. You... humans!

And yet.

Dark Gaia's servant... Elle of the under world...

Deep in her eyes as the pulled the vortex open beneath us, I saw something that frightened even me.

Flowing... floating...

Courage.

The legendary hero.

Love.

And beautiful crystal blue.

Stunned, I allowed my aspect to be destroyed and revelled in disrupting Dark Gaia's scheme.

But Light Gaia would not let me die. Gaia does not treat people so.

Ark...

I stood by you in the final battle. I have never done that before. Always, just before the end, I have abandoned the legendary hero. It is humanity's place to banish the evil, or be consumed.

But I never left.

Ark...

I hope I have redeemed myself.

You are not dead.

You will never die.

You will be reborn, and I am sure you will be happy.

Later, Ark.

Farewell, brother.