[ Where he is - Remember? Right....Right. He's. He's....
He's warm. It's warm, and light, here. The Pharaoh is ma'at, is order and Justice, and does not want Marik to suffer. The Tombkeepers, all this time, have been -
No. That's the big confusing knot, that's the thing Marik doesn't understand, but does he need to understand it, right now? No. Because it doesn't matter. What matters now is vanquishing the Fog, and escaping Ryslig, and returning home, where he's finally...
(could he have been all this time?) ]
Pharaoh. When I...get out of here....
[ Not "if". When. Marik takes a deep breath. Tries to come back. No more darkness, ever again. It never should have happened.
He lowers his hands, shaking, then goes still. Firm. He has to know. What's important here? Escaping from Ryslig. Why's that important? Because of what comes after. He has to ask. The Pharaoh will know.
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He's warm. It's warm, and light, here. The Pharaoh is ma'at, is order and Justice, and does not want Marik to suffer. The Tombkeepers, all this time, have been -
No. That's the big confusing knot, that's the thing Marik doesn't understand, but does he need to understand it, right now? No. Because it doesn't matter. What matters now is vanquishing the Fog, and escaping Ryslig, and returning home, where he's finally...
(could he have been all this time?) ]
Pharaoh. When I...get out of here....
[ Not "if". When. Marik takes a deep breath. Tries to come back. No more darkness, ever again. It never should have happened.
He lowers his hands, shaking, then goes still. Firm. He has to know. What's important here? Escaping from Ryslig. Why's that important? Because of what comes after. He has to ask. The Pharaoh will know.
The Pharaoh will save him. ]
....will I be permitted.....to be free.....?