At first there’s only silence in the cavern and Keiko begins to feel self-conscious. ‘Did I fail?’, she asks herself. However, she gets an unexpected reply from the last person she anticipated.
‘No…on the contrary, you’ve finally succeeded in becoming a true leader. Be proud child.’
Suddenly, the room has erupted into thundering applause and cheers. “Priestess Kei! Priestess Kei! Priestess Kei!” The Hybrids exalt her name, showing overwhelming support for her now.
Keiko feels the moisture against her cheek, finally realizing that she’s crying. After a lifetime of being looked down on, forgotten or abandoned, at last, she’s seen. “Everyone…thank you all….”
