Bone Fort wrote:The darkness of the night seemed so think with the despair and grief of the millions dead, the crying of anguish.
"... Well, I decided, "Fuck the rules" just this once and did something about it. It was a real pain, me and my brothers running about the many and myriad ways between life and death, but we did it."
He removed something from his jacket. Cupped in his hands was some sort of strange light, so bright in the darkness, that seemed to emit a feeling of solace, a bright candle of joy and happiness that could never be put out.
"Every. Single. Goddamn. Soul. All of them. We saved them. None left behind. We did it. Nearly killed us from the effort, but we did it."
"Y-you... broke the rules!" Naomi breathed. She gently framed his hands with her own and peered into the light. "There's billions," she said in awe.
Naomi began to cry, unable to contain the overwhelming feelings of relief and appreciation. "Bones, I-... you and your brothers are... wonderful."
She bit her bottom lip and looked up at him. "Can we release them? Now?" she smiled.