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"Mommy...?" Derek looked at Dorothy. Her tears were flowing down her cheeks. Dorothy nodded her head slowly.
"Yes. I'm yourmother... When you were little, you and Joe were taken away by your father... And we have to separate. But all this time Mama always tried to help you and free you from there... Even mama was willing to be cooped up in this place for so many years just hoping we could meet... When we finally met. You guys have forgotten about mom... And I thought maybe it was your papa. So my mom is determined to defeat them and find a way to recover your memories... So hang on, you gotta hold on for mama's sake for your sister's sake..." Dorothy was flooded with tears. So did Derek, Joe and Dean.
In the middle of all that. Elvina and the others suddenly stopped as they watched the guards who suddenly fell and died just like that after the sound of shouting was heard again. Now all that's left is Elvina and her friends. They were confused by what happened, but before long they all immediately gathered around Derek who was injured.
Everyone surrounds Derek, Dorothy, and Joe in a teary state watching what happens. "I'm sorry I was late to realize you were my mom... But it's nice because now that I know in this world, I'm not just with Joe... It turns out that I have a mother who is so tough that I want to sacrifice everything just to be with me... I'm glad I got to be with my mom..."
The crane is thin. Dorothy could only sob. His heart trembled when he heard the name again coming out of his son's mouth after so many years it vanished and was almost forgotten. On the other hand Joe was both sobbing. Between sadness and joy together. Happy that he finally met his mother, but sad to see that his sister had to be in this condition.
Derek turned to focus on Joe and looked at him with a smile. "Joe... You're a great brother, and I'm lucky to be your sister. Thank you for everything, and I'm sorry that I've been bothering you all this time..."
"I just wanted to say, I love you guys... Thank you for being in my life..." Derek looked at Dorothy, Joe and Dean with a smile before the man actually took his last breath. Joe, and Dorothy cried as she watched Derek finally no longer move or make a sound. The man had truly left them forever.
Dean sniffled. Somehow he felt very sad when he had to watch the man die. Though he had just met and just met, but somehow his heart was so broken when he saw all that.
Rei moved closer to Dean. Patting his shoulders slowly. "He was your grandfather..."
"W-what?" Dean turned his head towards the man who had brought him to this place. He was surprised not to play when he heard his sentence just now.
"Derek Apollo's. He is the one who has given you strength, and the one who gave us the reason for our existence here."
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