The magic lit up Coraline's face. Her hair flowed in the wind.
She was... probably the prettiest girl Lone had ever seen.
...Was she the last thing he was going to see?
"Are you so scared of your girlfriend that you're willing to blow yourself up?" She asked.
Lone felt tears brimming at the corner of his eyes. That's not what he wanted! That's not what he wanted, at all!
⊰ The Lone Shadowdark fights to protect those whom he loves. ⊱
"He does?" Asked Coraline.
⊰ He fears not defeat-- nor does he fear death. ⊱
"I don't?" Asked Lone.
There was yet *another* woman's voice echoing in his head.
"And on this sun, he will find neither," They said-- whoever they were.
"Big Sister!!" Coraline shouted.
Big... sister?
...Did Coraline have a sister?
--and was it a younger sister or an
