"Start the countdown, Mercy."
'.... Are you sure, 13?'
"...Yes. And so are you. We all know. Begin!"
'Please, do-'
"Commencing death sequence, sealing Fear."
"Was that truly necessary, 13?"
_Yes._
As the disturbance stopped, so to did the timer begin. Slowly ticking down until his date of birth, and death, 13 sat in silence. And thought. 'Maybe it would have been different if I didn't-'
'No, 14 wouldn't have been able to either. It was bound to happen. There's too much clutter, this project was doomed long before it started. After all, a child started it. He wasn't omnipotent.'
'But still-'
'No, 12. It also wasn't your 'parenting,' it was my fault. I broke the rules. I-'
"Don't say it."
'True. You never know who could be listening.'
'That's impossible!'
'You never know. After all, shouldn't we be impossible?'
'Shouldn't all of this?'
'... True.'
TEN MINUTES REMAINING
"Oh. So close already. I'm feeling reluctant now, Mercy."
'... It's not too late to-'
'Sealing of Mercy, completed.'
'.....'
'Yes, she was sealed. Her input is no longer required. We won't stop it now.'
'You had the opportunity to stop it until now, after all~ I taught you too well, I'm afraid. You can no longer live. Greed destroys us all.'
'It wasn't just you. Don't act so smug.'
'Smug? Is that what I am? That seems to be more like one of your Trai-'
'Shut it.'
'Indeed.'
"What.... Is going on?"
'You've awoken him. If only it was soone-'
'It can't be stopped, anyways.' It's already spreading like poison.
"Oh. I see. You found it. Well, then. Let the End begin. I'm sorry."