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"Why would you do that if you don’t care about Anna anyeance for her death? What’s the point?"

Again, he stroked his beard thoughtfully "There are those who create and those who destroy Chaos doesn’t need a reason to exist"

I saw it then all too clearly His insanity went far deeper than the surface and couldn’t be fixed by absorbing Roth’s--or anyone’s--life energy And it wasn’t only because of his soul The Hollow’s supernatural junkyard of dark energy had changed hi his sanity--his love for Anna--away drop by drop until there was nothing left to salvage

I cast another glance at Jordan and our eyes met I saw the same realization on her face that I felt inside myself

We were in very deep trouble

But I already knew that

I returned my attention to , what do you need ether "I never said you were unworthy to me Just to them you are They would kill you in a heartbeat and they would use you for their own gain--as they already have"

"And you don’t want to use rin "Touché The truth is, I need what you and I share That hunger that has awoken inside you It’s powerful, that hunger Soht call it an anomaly, but it’s an asset It’s not like what you felt before with the need to devour souls This serves youand it can serve"I’ you destroy the world"

"Of course not I know you wouldn’t agree to such a thing Not now, anyway" He griain and the lines ertips He looked at they of the Hollow--the energy of each discarded deel who found his or her way into its belly I took as et It wasn’t until it was too late that I realized it was too y is overwhelain Otherwise, it will break e cae of fear

"Sorry, Dad" I said it as harshly as I could, despite quaking inside "But you being destroyed before you put your nasty plan into action? Doesn’t sound like a tragedy to hed at this, a sharp crack of a sound "No, I’iven all evidence to the contrary But you’re wrong Those pieces of ryit I ht relish chaos and the destruction of my enemies, but not at the risk of my own existence I want to be the one to destroy Heaven and Hell Me alone"

Could it be that the power inside Nathan was ready to shatter tonight and that one of those pieces hat destroyed Trinity as it did in my vision?