[ It's still hard to believe, when the darkness encroaches on the both of them and he feels his grip on reality slackening by the second. But it's not so bad, with someone else... how his resolve is strengthened further by having physical proof rather than just a thought. ]

This is... this is no place on the world we know, my friend. This is the realm where the restless gods dwell. [ Their inhuman cries grow louder in the distance. Soon they will come. ] I was fated to become one of their number... which is why I am here. I cannot leave until every last one of them is dead.

[ His expression settles, calmer, and his eyes shine completely gold. A soft light illuminates his body from within. ]

Will you help me?