Theme song: Find the way, Gundam seed 3rd ending theme
"Hey Max," The armor salesman broke the odd silence that had fallen on them after Max told the story, "How did you get so many injuries?"
"The boat I took to get home was guarded by a few people." Max replied.
"Weren't they strong?" Silver asked.
Max smiled, "Yeah, but they weren't as angry as I was." He looked into the sky, "That Ragnarok myth you told me…" He looked at Silver, "It seems true for our land."
"What do you mean?" Silver replied.
"Not literally," Max muttered quickly, "When you attacked our land, our light was taken away and we became a land of darkness and famine. Everything was destroyed except for the sons of Odin and Thor, a woman and a man. You two represent the sons of Odin and Thor." Max pointed to Silver and the armor salesman, "The two monsters represent the humans. Your Yggdrasil tree stands for the land that's left for everyone: Perion. It still stands and we are returning to it so we can start again."
The armor salesman smiled, "That's a pretty good way of looking at it."
The orange mushroom and slime jumped up and down happily. They rushed ahead of them.
Max smiled and ran after them. He laughed when he saw the barren cliffs of Perion, "We're back…"
The armor salesman jumped up and down, "Finally!"
Silver stood behind, "Oh,"
"What's wrong?" Max asked Silver.
"Your people won't accept me. I'm one of the people who tried to destroy your land." Silver looked down.
"That's the past. You shouldn't focus on the past. Keep your eye on the future and you won't need to worry about…painful memories in the past…" Max looked up. The armor salesman waved at him before he climbed up the cliff, "Keep your eye on the future…"
Silver smiled and nodded, "Yeah…" She climbed up the mountain.
Max picked up the slime and orange mushroom. He jumped up the cliff.
The city of Perion had spread to the edges of the cliffs. Houses and tents were everywhere and people walked around happily. Children chased a small puppy in front of Max.
They have no clue of what happened out there. Max started walking. Silver and Cutter are gone and they're never coming back. Can I stand to be without them? Max looked up at the armor salesman and Silver.
"Come get your high quality thief armor and weapons!" He announced, "You won't find a better deal than this!"
Silver held up her hands over a wounded man. She collected the magic in her hands, "Heal." The wound closed up as a harmonious light showered the man.
"Thank you," The man stood up and swung his axe over his shoulder.
Max kept walking. His feet seemed to pull him to a certain place. Those two have lost a lot. He looked at the slime and the orange mushroom. They bounced around and played with the children. They don't feel the sorrow of the past. They don't need to…
Max stopped at the cliff where they first met, "The beginning…" He sat down. We went as three and we came back as one. He took out the silver cutter. Maybe I should join them… He lifted the silver cutter high in the air.
He stabbed it into the ground.
They aren't coming back and I have to accept that. The war is over and I've come back to the beginning. The beginning for us was the ending for me.
Images of Silver and Cutter flashed through his mind, "You guys are gone and I know that. I can't keep dwelling in the ending."
It's time for me to start again.
And thats the end of that! Please R & R