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[needsmorefiagra]

Well ... Look at you.

Back again, I see. Nostalgia or something else ...?

[ Genesis pauses, as though to ponder, when in actual fact, he knows. He's always known. Eventually, he allows a smile to slip through, though it's anything but kindly. ]

You don't fool me, you never could. One by one, they all abandoned you, didn't they? Quietly slipping away into the abyss as though your claim meant nothing. The hunter, the alchemist ...

[ And now there's a hint of amusement inflecting his tone, a trace of mock pity. ]

—Even the angel.

You poor thing ....

[ Except, not really. He's enjoying this, you see. His words are drawn out, sickly sweet and utterly fake. Prolonging that delicious glee because once again he's come out on top. ]

I can't promise to stay. But rest assured, when it's my time to leave ... I'll exit the stage only after the grandest of all finales. And after the applause has finally ended, there will be no more. From myself nor any others that should come traipsing along because you see—

I was your true beginning and I shall be your end.