"Say, what do you want to do after this?"
"Hm?"
"Once it's all over, I mean."
"Once it's all over? You mean once I'm dead?"
"That's… awfully passimistic…"
"What did you expect? This doesn't end once you're gone, you know?"
"That's…"
"One day, something will happen, and you will stop coming. Who knows? Maybe you'll get bored. Then-"
"Then… then why don't you come with me?"
"...what?"
"Let's get out of here. We can go somewhere else. Somewhere far from here. We can start an entirely new life."
"That's…"
"I… I might have been thinking about it for a while now. I know you don't want to stay like this, and…"
"Of course I don't, but…"
"Don't worry. We will come up with a plan, and everything will work out. Okay?"
"... You have to promise me one thing…"
"Sure. What is it?"
"I…"
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"Rose…. Rose?"
