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>His fingers traced over the marble carving of her hair.
>Had she thought of him in the end?
>Were there any words that she had wanted to tell him before she was struck down?
>Did she regret leaving him behind to die above Terra?
>Had she even truly loved him? Could a being as perfect and as divine as her every truly love a mere mortal like him?
>The words of Regina's consort came back to him.
>"Why me?"
>"I was just a Baal Auxiliary captain. One of the lucky ones to be picked out from the masses to join the Crusade, and join up with the Legion."
>"What was special about me? What did I do to catch your eye?"
>"How could I have been notable to an Angel. To one as flawless as you?"
>"Above all others, why did you love me?"
>He felt his legs tiring. He had long since stopped taking rejuvenation treatment. He had no need to live centuries now. Not with her gone.
>Time had finally caught up with him.
>"But it will never take you." He thought to himself.
>His finger traced down along her face, across her stone cheek, and down her armoured shoulder.
>His legs finally gave out and he fell over her chest, his head resting in the marble crook of her neck.
>He removed his helmet, exposing his white hair and looked up at the stone figure of her one last time.
>With his breath rattling, he lay his head down, his glassy eyes closed.
>A final murmur, drifted from his mouth as he passed.
>"Why me?"
>One last breath rattled from his body, and then the Chapel was filled with silence.