And she's there. Next to me, gasping like I'm a mith come to life. I smile at her, like I've wanted to do for a long time, or however long i was asleep. I lift my arm, wiggle my toes. I work! I can move. I can remeber too, most stuff. I am Todd Hewitt, a man of new Prentisstown...
Which ain't true no more, is it?
'Cus the Mayor is dead, i see him walking, into the sea, the sharks a-snapping at him...
The noise of the Spackle...
The air leaving my lungs...
The long sleep...
My viola. my viola.
And then he walks in. 1017 opens the door and steps in, seeing Viola, watching her gaze, which lands on me, and gasping. 'cus I'm awake, ain't i?
He didn't kill me.
I'm back now.
And it was all for you, Viola.
