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“Everywhere I go I see his face.”

Scott laughs beside him— Joel keeps walking up the mountain. The wind lifts his beard into the air. Neither notice how Grian stops, for just a moment.

He glances up at the mountains peak, at the remains of Scar’s home. In the distance, there is a purple cape whipping in the wind. Red eyes stare down at him. A familiar smile sits on the ghost’s lips.

Grian hopes— despite everything this world has taught him— that his ghost is real. And… maybe… that Scar has forgiven him.

For leaving.

For letting him die.

For coming back.

Grian takes another step and continues the trek up Magical Mountain. Scott and Joel continue their conversation, unknowing of the specter watching their movements.

When he gets to the top, Scar isn’t there.

When he gets to the top, he can feel sand under his feet.

When he gets to the top, Grian is home.