Nix yelps!





And then calms herself. She is standing in ankle deep water.





Yuno is standing next to her. Behind them both is the great golden door, now glitched to high heaven. It flickers in and out of reality, shifting and churning.

—Yuno—
Are we... done?
Is this the other side?



They're in a cave. The mouth of the cave is ahead of them, a blinding bright light shining through.



—Yuno—
Is that...?



Nix runs ahead, water sloshing at her stubby little feet.













There is something desperate in her eyes, a tension, as she stumbles forward, and then--!












She finds herself at the entrance, on a pristine beach under a brilliant blue sky, the morning sun shining overhead. Seawater laps at the edge of her dress.












The ocean wind blows back her hair from her face. Her mouth hangs open, her eyes are wide and unfocused. She had never given any thought to what would be on the other side. She had never wondered what she would do once she was there.




I got out.







I got out?