We open with Kieran standing in the cave, alone and stiff, finally expressing his emotion by screaming and punching the cave wall with such strength that pieces of it dislodge. He and Lauren have very similar reactions.
He goes to the river to peer at his hands, recollecting all of Lauren's accusations and an early kill, Chandelier Man. His memory of his choking Lauren is now tainted with blood, as is the reflection he sees in the mirror. Frustrated, he walks away.
We cut to Kieran walking through a poor neighborhood, with poorly dressed children huddled against the walls, begging for money. Reluctantly, he gives them a few coins, earning him praise from the children that no doubt cuts through his heart.
He opens the door to an abandoned church, strikingly beautiful but covered in cobwebs and vines and broken.
He walks to a confessional, where momentarily his serious face fools us into thinking that he will break down, but no... He is meeting a Phantom Scythe messenger, with whom he speaks bitterly about his actions.
Kieran receives a new mission: to find and kill Lune, as well as something else that we are not privy to.
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