Hard Time

Hope's mind was a mess, though she didn't know why. She had long been prepared for this inevitability. In fact, she needed it. It was only by having Ryu's child that she would be able to accomplish the things she needed to, but for some reason, when it was actually happening, she found herself unable to control her thoughts and emotions.

She began to cry inexplicably, but before Ryu could even comfort her, she began to laugh… then she began to cry again.

Ryu's lip twitched. If he didn't know better, he would have thought that this woman had been possessed.

Suddenly, she hugged Ryu tightly as though she was trying to fuse them into one. If not for Ryu's breakthrough, she would have crushed him. After all, Hope was an Omniscient Sky God as well, having finally broken through all those years ago thanks to tying her Fate to Ryu's.