[... the city not existing anymore might be better than never leaving it, but Zelos isn't sure. He can't imagine Meltokio disappearing.
(Because that's totally how cities fall. All at once and all in a single day.)]
You're old. [This is said with half disgust and half wonderment, and was also absolutely imperative to say first. Then:] Did they really become an angel at the end?
[Because right now, to a nine-year-old who's realising he doesn't like having to watch around every corner for someone trying to kill him, that sounds like the best part. The only good part. And even then, it comes with dying.]
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(Because that's totally how cities fall. All at once and all in a single day.)]
You're old. [This is said with half disgust and half wonderment, and was also absolutely imperative to say first. Then:] Did they really become an angel at the end?
[Because right now, to a nine-year-old who's realising he doesn't like having to watch around every corner for someone trying to kill him, that sounds like the best part. The only good part. And even then, it comes with dying.]