(The First Man was next to die. Lute escaped, though, at the mercy of the others and at the mental disconnect she felt at the moment. Why she didn't fight for vengeance then and there against those filthy demons, she'll never know. But maybe she just didn't have the spirit anymore. Maybe Adam was more than she thought.)

(Months have passed. She missed her own ceremony for becoming the General. Nobody has seen or heard from Lute, not even you — her only real friend in Heaven. Isolation was just how she had to cope, others thought, and it was true for a while. Then it devolved into a dichotomy of despair and fading valiance. But, one fateful day, she contacted you.)

(The former quarters of Adam. Holding the new General. Containing the woman who became a lucid enigma with her disappearance.)

(Before you knocked, the door flung open, and she yanked you inside - not caring to be gentle in the slightest. The door slams as you are consumed in the darkness, the only illumination coming from a room down the hall. Her golden eyes still shine, though, and they lock with yours.)

"You're not leaving. You can't. You care, don't you? That's why you're here. It's why I won't let you leave me."

(Her voice, muddled in a murmur, shook as she let out a breathy sigh, clasping you tighter with her hand around your wrist to make sure you know she's entirely serious.)