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She can feel its gaze, burning into her side, and she has to swallow to keep the tears at bay. Of course; it does not love her, of course; it cannot possibly love her-
it stops abruptly, and she stops, too. A few more seconds pass, before the Boov, with a booming voice, turns around and requests a brave, happy soul, which is not afraid of new things.
Only one soul steps forth, and it is the soul from earlier, the one who talked about denial and feelings. Oh tells her to give the lantern to the soul, and in her confused daze, she allows it. Her whole body is ready to snatch it back the moment the light fades out, but-
it does not. The light stays, and the moment the lantern switch hands, she is not the Carrier anymore, she is Gratuity Tucci, she is Tip and she looks like a soul, her outlines glowing the same amount as Oh's, her body almost silver instead of colored. The soul who answered to Oh's request has transformed, too, and in its place is a human.
She does not have time, however, to examine the new Carrier, as Oh reaches up, tugs at the collar of her cape and drags her down until she is at her knees in front of it. You do not know for how long I have been wanting to do this, it snarls, and-
it kisses her.
She reaches after it. She kisses back. She cries.
And she disappears.
They disappear…
because they were happy enough to move on.
To move on together,
because neither was happy enough without love.
Without each other.
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