Jake stopped convulsing and slowly stood up, lifeless. His eye turned amethyst purple for a fleeting second before a burst of black and silver light shot out of his pupil and returned it to its normal color.
Xi replayed the movie of his own life in Jake's mind like a mantra, gradually stabilizing his psyche. When he was back to himself, she stopped on her own but continued to watch him with uneasiness.
"I'm fine." Jake reassured her in a hoarse voice.
It wasn't a lie. He was certainly different from before in so many ways that he wasn't the same person at all, but he hadn't forgotten what really mattered to him.
As the sole victor in this final battle, he felt wonderful. Seeing that there was nothing left but nothingness around Celestial City - the only proof that the planet Quanoth had ever existed - Jake felt a guilty satisfaction, close to exhilaration, but he could still tell the difference between an abnormal emotion and what morality dictated he should do.
