"Lacy, tell me something happy."
"I can't think of anything."
"Please?"
"Ethan, what's there to be happy about?"
"Um… we're both alive?"
"True, true."
"So tell me something happy?"
"Once upon a time, there was no war for the demigods. No fighting. Nobody dying."
"Tell me something realistic."
"War never ends."
"Oh… I'm going to miss you."
"I'm going to miss you, too."
"Please, please don't go?"
"Lacy… I… wish I could stay… but you know that I can't."
"Ethan Nakamura, you come back to me in one piece, alright?"
"No promises."
"Ethan!"
"But I'll try, Lacy, I really will."