"I will be back… I will always be back."
The darkness of death did not argue with my convictions, and it simply waited, patient as the grave, and somewhere in the distance, I could hear the loop begin its slow turn.
It sounded like an engine the size of a continent, which was a strange thought, but I had barely anything to describe what I was hearing as Elric returned, as well as the weight.
I knew that my body had changed, but there was something that caught my attention. There was a new weight inside my body that I could not trace at first, almost as if some of my organs had been transformed into metal, and their weight was tearing my insides apart.
I opened my eyes inside my tent, and the memories of the last loop entered my consciousness slowly, as if they were being filtered.
My hand went forward and snatched the floating silver orb by my head, but the strength behind my grip was so unexpectedly great that I crushed the orb in my fist.
"Up, up, laaazzzyyy...…"
