'Why does he seem so sad?' Cassius thought. 'I know that he's likely grieving over whoever those graves belong to, but there's something more to it… I don't know what this feeling is, but I know… I know that things aren't as simple as they—' That was when he noticed the names etched into the gravestones. '—as they appear…' He finished the phrase; however, his mind was anywhere but where it was when the phrase first formed.
"It's been a while, girls," the old man said as an adoring smile contrasted with his blue complexion. "I know I promised you all that I'd visit every few thousand years, but something came up. That's why I haven't returned in over 2 million years. You see, I think… I think I finally came to a decision. It's one that I know you recommended time and time again, and though it took so many eons for me to truly understand what you were telling me, I do now… I do now…"
