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Struggling against her compromised emotions, Amate releases Woody's hands as she sprints for the destination pointed out by her savior. Even as ash and smoke coats his eyes and lungs, Woody forces a smile at the idea that "Machu" will survive to find a life outside of being a weapon of war. With one final thought of Matilda and his young daughter, Woody ceases any remaining struggle as his body shuts down from his internal injuries.

[Woody has died]

Alone, scared and guided only by Woody's final act, Amate's eyes water at her ideal day on Earth being turned into an even greater nightmare than what had been inflicted upon her by Char. "Amate" has been truly worn down, with the innocence of "Machu" now on full display as she cries out for help.

>Amate: Woody said you would help us! Please...whoever you are...come out!! Come out and help me save him! Come out and help me save Du!! Anyone...please...anyone?!

Stubbing her toes on a piece of debris, Amate's sandals fall off from her feet as she tumbles to the ravaged ground below.

>Amate: Dad...! Mom...!

Crawling forward, Amate cries out desperately for anyone to save her.

>Amate: Jerid?! Bright?! Fraw?! I don't want to die...I don't want it to end like this...!!

From the tattered building she had been directed to, Amate notices a figure approaching her cautiously.

>???:Is it only you? So Woody didn't make it then...what about your other companion? Is she also?

Amate crawls forward again, grasping the pants of the woman now standing above her.

>Amate: Please...help me save them...! The Earth wasn't supposed to be like this...!

Looking around to confirm her own safety, the woman pulls Amate into a protective hug.

>Reccoa: My name is Reccoa. Reccoa Londe. Woody told me all about you...so know you are going to be taken care of. Nobody will ever hurt you again, ok?

As Amate reciprocates the hug, Reccoa lets out a weak sigh.

>Reccoa: (She is far less stable than Woody said...)