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Upon reaching the guards barracks, and passing the break rooms, it appears the guards are much as they were before- stoic, silent, sentinels, although a kind of almost fearful respect could be seen in their expressions, an awe that settled over them. There were perhaps ten or fifteen guards that stayed, compared to the twenty or more cultists, and only a few of the scientists. One, a thick man, barely in his twenties, would point the way- and even call you sir.

Robs grave would stand alone just outside, beside the mass grave for the children who had died during the expirements, and the few shoddy graves for those who had gone recently- anyone from child to priest who had last their mind or become to brave during the escape.

After a few moments of grief, Siegfried would be near you in ethereal form. He would appear not in a suit, or a corporeal body, but as a ghostly blue knight, his sword in his hands. He would reach out to touch your shoulder, nothing more than a tingling breeze or a warm wind spreading through you. He would sigh.

"Mikhail, you are never far from the truth. Your a quick learner, though innocence is now behind you the untamed feelings of childhood still sway to and fro on your heart strings," his voice was unreal, not quite static or breathy, but not solid enough to come from a true body, "Rob had courage. He would not have simply ran- his plan went so far as to destroy the machine and himself, as well as most of this compound, along with him. He was quite close to a solution to- if he had more time," Hope would sigh, and gesture, as if to say there never is, "but the Courage he displayed was so outright he was targeted. That's what it takes. The Courage to destroy all evils, even if it is only you who would stand against them, for no other reason that it is right. Certainly it took Bravery even, to say that none should come to  harm as he did so, in the defence of all. He would sacrifice no one. But you Hoped. You hoped there would be a new day, a new light, and you took the leap- quite literally. Soon you will understand the meaning of Hope, for now- ah, you are worried over Fred. His hope is little, he is unharmed, but, with time he will be all right. You can't force someone to hope, another lesson to give you soon. You can only be his reason to. 'Be the light you wish to see in the world,' I believe a wise mortal once said. Come back inside now, I think you'll find Sarah and Fred near the bathrooms if you hurry," he would look concerned, "be gentle," he would say, and look up at the sky, "soon dark times fall upon us all." With this final word he would disappear.

Up in the sky you would notice- the moon hangs there. It may be only two in the afternoon, and it's full face shows blue through the sky. It seems larger than before.