It took a significant amount of time for Violet to make it back to the city on foot. After getting her signal inhibitor removed, she told the police of what she has experienced with Undying One, as well as the original letter she received from Euler. The local police force had some experience receiving letters from Euler and recognized that the signature didn't match Euler's usual signature. Even though the police didn't charge her of any crime, guilt overwhelmed Violet, and she didn't go to work the next day.

Meanwhile, the locals reported many notes dropped allegedly by Undying One overnight, all of them with the same writing: "Your apex soldier stolen from Galdrik Empire means nothing to me now! Your defeat is inevitable, Leidenschaftlich."

In a newspaper, Euler stated that though he couldn't trust Undying One's word about Violet's origin, his prediction that Violet's simplistic, brute force being rendered useless against Undying One was right. Euler stated that he couldn't know how much Undying One has gotten stronger with his fight against Violet. But Euler also reassured the public to not be intimidated by Undying One's threat of inevitable defeat, for Euler will work harder in response for the city. He also emphasized how fitting and amusing it was, that Undying One chose Galdrik's Empire as Violet's origin, for she might as well be no different from the nation's past enemy now.

Claudia got concerned about Violet when it came to his attention that she didn't come to work today. It wasn't difficult for him to deduce a probable reason why Violet didn't come after what he read in the newspaper about her unexpected encounter with Undying One yesterday. So he went to Violet's house in the middle of day to check up on her. He knocked on the door a few times, but he got no response. He turned a knob, and it was open. Though he felt bad about entering the house without permission, he was more concerned about Violet.

"Violet, are you here? Don't worry, you're not in trouble. I'm here to see if you're okay..."

Claudia found Violet sitting down on the floor, curled up. When she saw Claudia, she shifted her gaze back to the floor, as if she was hiding from doing something wrong.

"You're not hurt, are you?" Claudia lowered down. Violet gave no response. "It's not like you to behave this way…What exactly happened, Violet?"

"…I am a disgrace…That's all. I've become a too much burden for you and the city at this point…"

"Is it because you couldn't stop him again? Violet, you don't have to be so hard on yourself. Please, forget about the pressure to be successful all the time! No one, not even me, major, all the workers of postal company, is born perfect! There's still time and chance to stand back up!"

"It's the end for me now, Mr. Hodgins." Violet said. "The city no longer wants me… All the casualties and suffering under Undying One was in vain because I wasn't strong enough. All this time, I ended up extending everyone's pain for nothing…I drove Euler out of friendship from my rash and stubborn insistence to fight Undying One, and only made the work harder for him. Even now, I probably hurt you and the ones I know from putting myself into a danger that earned nothing of value…If I vowed to protect life, yet can't even make it happen but hurt everyone instead, what does it make me then?"

"I can't watch you do this to yourself, Violet! Even for my sake, even for the sake of others, please get up!" Claudia held on to Violet's arm. "I tell you what, the newspaper, the police, Euler, I don't care whether what they're saying is entirely correct or not! What they are doing to you is wrong! They have no business in getting into your mind and lecturing what you should think of yourself!"

"Yet am I any better? This doll couldn't bear to hear that she was a burden to the city, that she made it imperative to defeat Undying One! But what came out of that? Being tricked into his trap because of clouded judgement, and a humiliating defeat and confirmation that she was indeed a burden! As Undying One has said to me, only those who have the power to make themselves angels against devils hold the key to truths. For if I made a futile attempt to convince the public that I wasn't a burden, then how different am I to them, Mr. Hodgins?"

Claudia was at a loss for words from what he just heard. "V-Violet, I know you enough. I know that you're not that type-"

Violet gently shook off Claudia's hand off her arm. "All is pointless now. They've spoken that I'm incompetent and only an obstacle. Whether I don't believe it, or you don't believe it, it won't matter. For the ones with power to become angels said so, and it will be solidified. There's nothing for me to stand back up for…Perhaps as a merciless killing machine in the past, it is fate that I'm bound to hurt people…Perhaps what they say is not far from truth after all…"

Claudia's heart was shattering at the severity he never experienced before, as if seeing his own daughter put herself down. He badly wished to try to convince her more, but admitted to himself that Violet would reject his plea, at least for now. He needed help, and so he went out to nearby neighbors to see if they could help.

Tom, Madeline, and Henry all made haste to Violet upon hearing about what happened. Each of them tried to convince Violet to get up and go on with her life, but like Claudia, none of their efforts paid off.

"She rejected you as well, didn't she?" Claudia said as they came out of Violet's house.

"Yes, saying something about her being outcast inevitably being solidified as truth, from um, angels or what not. Honestly couldn't understand the logic behind it at all." Tom replied.

"I hope that Undying One gets his back broken or something; what he did to our poor Violet is unacceptable that she's talking nonsense now. Hmph, I thought today will only get better when my husband finally came back home." Madeline said.

"But convincing her is out of the question now. What are we going to do now?" Henry asked.

Claudia thought for a moment with them. In the past, Violet's mind was filled with grief whether she deserved to live from all the lives she took. Then the news of supposed death of major reached her, and she behaved the same way as she was now. But one day, after delivering letters and presumably being reminded of their significance, Violet took the initiative to ask him whether she was worthy of being alive or not, indicating some degree of hope that she was. Then from being reminded of the sacred purpose of delivering people's feelings and the fruit of her efforts, she was able to get back on her feet.

"I think I have an idea." Claudia spoke out. "I can't attest if this will work again like in past, but we must give it a try for Violet."

"Let's hear it then." Henry said.

"Violet is quite sensitive to what she has done. In the past, when the news of her major dying reached her, she behaved similarly. But that was just a catalyst; deep down, she was also questioning whether she was worthy to be alive from all the lives she took as a soldier."

"That sounds awfully same to what is happening now. So what happened for her to get back on her feet?"

"She was reminded. When she remembered the importance of her new purpose in delivering people's will through letters, that's when things started to get better. That's what we need to do; remind her that we're still there for her."

"But we just tried that just now." Tom said.

"No, we remind her by heart. Push her to see it for herself. That day, she was asked to deliver the letters, and I think letting her remind herself that way was why it worked. We need to think of something to help her be reminded by heart."

"Will it really be okay to make her come out? I'm kind of shy of pushing people out of their comfort zone…" Madeline commented.

"This is necessary. It's for Violet, and she needs our help the most at this moment."

"Hm, I think I got a decent idea." Henry said. From then on, the four spent quite a long time discussing the specifics of Henry's idea.