Chapter XVIII: A Cadenza for an Endless Song
{Background image for this chapter: Tarot card XVIII - The Moon (reversed)}
We all stopped. You stared at us and we stared back, do you remember? You looked so confused, Ethan, and I, so sorry! And ashamed!…
The first thing to cease was the song. And then the birds' flight and then it all begun rotting like I knew it would.
"Curse you priest, curse you all the way to Hell!" I shouted to Father Giorgio. And Father Giorgio wept again, do you remember, Ethan? He didn't react to my aggression. Instead he closed his eyes and started praying for us! For us all! And I felt remorse and took back the curse! I wanted to die that day yet again, Ethan. I wanted that prayer to be my Extreme Unction. But you came to me and hugged me, do you remember? And instead of dying I vomited it. I vomited a perfect copy of the Seal of Ophiel...