Another smile bloomed across her face and the girl accepted the boy's offer, taking his arm and turning with him to leave behind the many dead. "I see your darkness, Theodore," she said quietly, looking ahead, "I'm not afraid."
And there they were, two children who knew more than they had any right or reason to believe, one who had seen and done much more than anyone had the right to ask. Together, they wandered back into the village, their lives, and the temporary homes that kept them.