"It's time to prepare for a funeral, Arwen. Have you prepared your goodbyes?"
"...Yes."
Despite her answer, Arwen's expression remained conflicted.
A sense of unease lingered within her heart. While she had already accepted the Professor's fate long ago, part of her still refused to believe that this would truly be his ending.
No, she could not accept it at all.
Why was it that a man who only wished to be understood continued to be misunderstood by everyone around him?
Why was it that every step he took seemed to push him further toward the brink of no return until the only path remaining was this one?
In the end, all she could do was watch as events continued moving toward an inevitable conclusion.
And yet, even amidst such a life, that same man had still chosen humanity. The same humanity that had never once treated him kindly at all.
