WallofIllusion

This'll complement "Contradictions and Compromise," "Unafraid," and "Humanness" as well. Everyone else trickled out. Even Spirit looked from Lord Death to his one-time meister and slunk away. Stein couldn't have moved if there had been a fire. Soon he would have to focus his eyes on the god before him; soon he would have to speak, to ask questions and hear answers and take in the reality of what had just happened and what would happen in the near future. In this moment, though, there was only echoing silence and empty horror in Stein's head, and the possibility—however faint—that Lord Death could relieve it with a few simple word

This is a sequel to Unafraid and makes the most sense when read as part three of a series that starts with Contradictions and Compromise. Death had hoped it wouldn't come to this. To call Stein back into the Death Room like calling a naughty child to the principal's office seemed the last thing in the world that would help him, but the situation was desperate. Stein had been crashing on Sid's couch for two months now, and Sid was concerned. Look, I'm not the kind of guy who would chase away a man in need, but something's wrong with him. He keeps saying he's gonna move out but then I find him at the edge of town again, just staring into the d