The End
I don't know how long I stood there simply staring at the ground. After a time I heard footsteps walk up behind me.
"She was just a human, Kratos," says the voice. It's Mithos. No. Not Mithos. Lord Yggdrasil.
"So am I," I remind him.
"No," he says. "You're an angel. You're not human,"
I look down at the blood on my blade.
"No," I say finally. "I guess I'm not,"
I turn and follow him. What more is there? Still I turn back, just once. A final pang of pain pierces my heart as I think of my son, my wife…both dead at my hands. Before I harden my heart once more I whisper;
"Perhaps I never was,"