"Lina, what was it you wanted to tell me?"
"Zel... for the longest time... I think ever since Sairaag, and Phibrizo, I... I love you."
"L-lina..."
"And now I feel like an idiot. Look, just forget it, alright?"
"No... it's just... I'm stunned at your bravery. Lina, I..."
"Zelgadis?"
"Ai shiteru."
"Honto?"
"Tsk, tsk. That was a bad move, Lina-chan, Zel-kun."
"Xellos! What are you doing here?"
"Why, watching you, of course!"
"Xellos, what the hell do you think you're doing?!"
"It's rather obvious, don't you think? I'm killing you."
"Oi, Xellos! You can't be serious! Xellos... what..."
"You should have chosen elsewhere, my dear Lina."
"Oh, L-sama, Lina! Grr... Namagomi Mazoku!"
"You whisper such sweet endearments to me, Zel-kun."
"Kisama! Why did you do that?!"
"Ah, ah, Zel-kun! Sore wa himitsu desu!"
"Xellos...! Source of all souls which dwell in eternal and infinite. Everlasting flame of blue, let the power hidden in my soul be called forth from the Infinite..."
"Tsk. Zel-kun, you should have learned long ago."
"RA TILT!"
"I always get my toys. Blast Ash."
"You idiot! She's here, and she's pissed! What the hell were you thinking, killing her daughter like that!"
"My lady Juu-ou-sama, I don't understand. Her... daughter?"
"Yes, my daughter, Lina Inverse."
"L-sama!"
"As the Lord of Nightmares, the source of all Chaos, I see everything. My mind is my power, my power is my mind. The punishment of the slaying of my daughter, Lina Inverse, and her lover, Zelgadis Greywords: I sentence you, Xellos Metallium, to a lifetime as a human."
"Juu-ou-sama!"
"I am powerless to stop her, you know."
"You shall be reborn into an orphan in the far future, your Mazoku powers stripped from you. Return to the Sea of Chaos until it is time."
With a gasp, Duo Maxwell woke violently up. "Lina..."