CANTO IX // VIDEO [Filtered from Morrigan, Bellatrix, and the Major]
Ironic, isn't it?
[Beatrice (freshly out of the hospital) is shown walking around the park (where, ironically, she first made herself known), sounding and looking more like her usual self---with her usual haughty grin and imperious intonation. However, her grin still doesn't quite reach her eyes, which still look a bit weary, but with some renewed spark in them.]
We made a collective effort to stop a fool from doing foolish things. We succeeded. We emerged the victors---.
[She pauses suddenly as a balloon floats its way over to her from seemingly out of nowhere---which she catches in her hand. That's quickly followed by a small girl who runs up to her, saying, "lady, that's my balloon!" Beatrice smiles, and hands the balloon back to the child, who beams.]
---Child, would you like to see a magic trick before you go?
[The child blinks for a moment, and then eagerly nods. Beatrice snaps her fingers, and butterflies, confetti, and sparks made of light suddenly appear, causing the child to continue blinking in awe, and suddenly erupt into contented laughing and clapping. "Thank you, lady!" The little girl chirps, bouncing up and down as she turns to leave. "Do you come here a lot?"]
---I do.
["Okay!" The girl says. "I'll look for you so you can show me more tricks! Bye bye!" Beatrice nods, and waves at the girl as she finally runs off. Now, Beatrice is looking a little sad, but she's still smiling. She lets out a sigh, before she continues:]
As one star-crossed lover once implored, "O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?" Indeed, it is ironic. We defeated a man who was clearly a threat, and yet...
...It feels as if nothing has been resolved.
[Beatrice (freshly out of the hospital) is shown walking around the park (where, ironically, she first made herself known), sounding and looking more like her usual self---with her usual haughty grin and imperious intonation. However, her grin still doesn't quite reach her eyes, which still look a bit weary, but with some renewed spark in them.]
We made a collective effort to stop a fool from doing foolish things. We succeeded. We emerged the victors---.
[She pauses suddenly as a balloon floats its way over to her from seemingly out of nowhere---which she catches in her hand. That's quickly followed by a small girl who runs up to her, saying, "lady, that's my balloon!" Beatrice smiles, and hands the balloon back to the child, who beams.]
---Child, would you like to see a magic trick before you go?
[The child blinks for a moment, and then eagerly nods. Beatrice snaps her fingers, and butterflies, confetti, and sparks made of light suddenly appear, causing the child to continue blinking in awe, and suddenly erupt into contented laughing and clapping. "Thank you, lady!" The little girl chirps, bouncing up and down as she turns to leave. "Do you come here a lot?"]
---I do.
["Okay!" The girl says. "I'll look for you so you can show me more tricks! Bye bye!" Beatrice nods, and waves at the girl as she finally runs off. Now, Beatrice is looking a little sad, but she's still smiling. She lets out a sigh, before she continues:]
As one star-crossed lover once implored, "O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied?" Indeed, it is ironic. We defeated a man who was clearly a threat, and yet...
...It feels as if nothing has been resolved.