My sudden improvisation with the kiss somehow worked out, thanks to Ethan's quick thinking.

"Lil... Julia...?"

"I'm s-sorry, Leon. I just wanted to be with you until the very end."

"...If that's your wish, Julia, then drinking the poison left on your lips to die with you is a death I can be content with."

"I'm sorry, Leon. I was selfish, and now you're suffering because of me..."

"It's alright, Julia. If it's what you wanted, my decision would have remained the same. Dying while embraced by your warm lips is a far more graceful death than I deserve."

"...In …