Kathy hesitated, uncertain how open Dante was about his heritage. On the other hand, her interactions with Eva had only tangentially involved him anyway.

"After I died, I went to Limbo, I think. I call it a world of neverending beige. Everything was just...sameness. Time didn't matter because nothing changed. We just wandered through, like an eternal waiting room. And then one day, she was there. A beautiful woman with red hair and wings."

And an unhealing wound in her chest where her heart had been torn out.

"She...called to me. Helped me remember who I was. Instead of just a...a shade, she reminded of who I used to be. That I'd been a girl named Kathy with friends and family and hopes and dreams."

Remembering had hurt, but had still been better than that infinite sameness.