[b]William Ascot[/b]

Having to be in the same room as Francisco was going to be a chore, so William decided to delay coming to Room 22-F as much as possible; he had an Excalibur or some other Legendary Item to forge anyway. And with that, he had to seek out Zane Wulfe; Master Stone's apprentice. 

Zane wasn't that bad a person; a few screws loose but it was the same for himself. In fact, William looked forward to offering Zane an opportunity the lovably mad person would enjoy; what blacksmith can resist the prospect of forging a near-perfect duplicate of a Legendary, even Divine, weapon? [i]Plenty,[/i] part of him thought, [i]including the ones that are actually sane.[/i]

As he walked to Zane's dorm room, William had another thought, [i]Considering what I discovered, considering how futile it is to seek out the 'Golden Ending', why do I still do so?[/i]

The answer came easily, [i]Because even though this entire universe is far more hopeless than it actually seems, because despite that [b]glimpse[/b] of abominations and dangers waiting just beyond, Hope is part of what makes humans, human. Same for Faith and Love, although my own Faith is weakened.[/i] This philosophizing passed the time until William got to the dorm door, where he knocked, not knowing what situation would result.

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