I covered Jenna with the silk-stemmed flowers, the night river stars shining down on her lifeless body. I held her in my arms, sobbing behind my terrible mask. A gentle breeze swept over us and I covered her body with the thick quilt.

“Take off her mask,” I screamed as the sounds of the river grew louder.

“But I can’t. It wont come off of her small face, sir,” Roland exclaimed as he knelt beside her in terror.

She was my child, God damn you! Take off that pathetic mask. I want to see her face! I must see my child’s face, damn you! She was my daughter, don’t you understand? I want to see her eyes. I want to see her eyes! Her eyes, damn you!”

“She was his child!” SK-6 screamed from inside my head. I should have been here, and I could have prevented this! It didn’t have to happen. Damn you, Maximus. I will destroy the Corporation, Incorporated. Do you hear me, Maximus?! Do you hear me, fool?!”

The March winds blew in, taking Jenna and her childhood with them. We buried her there and continued onward.