"If I hadn't been there you wouldn't have tried to protect me..." Aydri says. "I'm... I'm the problem." She pulls out a knife, staring at the blade. "I've always been a problem..."
The Once-Author begins writing in the air with a pen, glowing letters appearing. "Sorry, this is how I do things." A city appeared at the top of the mountain, first small, just a few wooden huts and lodges, but then it begins growing.
"It's not you... please... I just..." She collapses onto the ground, gently setting him down. She suddenly starts crying. "Cedar, I cannot lose you. I just can't." She hugs him, burying her face into his chest, sobbing deep, depressed sobs.