30. prayer

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Makima kills Denji in an alleyway.

She makes Angel peel off his limbs one by one after they spear him through the chest.

He won't stop looking at her even as

his breaths run ragged, even as his tortured eyes turn a dull gold. She knows how it feels. She knows what dying feels like so she

crosses her arms and closes her eyes and turns away but Makima won't let her, she

splices Reze's eyes open with her fingertips and makes her watch as

the Devil with the wings teaches her how to take a hybrid apart.

I'm sorry, she wants to say but her voice is empty and indistinct. A ghost in her throat. She mouths the words until it melts into a notword, a chant, and becomes a prayer as

Denji finally, finally screams.

She feels herself flinch but a hand under her chin angles her head to face the broken body on the ground.

Keep looking, says Makima. Never look away.

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