I hope so though I wouldn't blame people for being too frightened to still believe in it either. If there wasn't truth to it and meaning in it, he wouldn't have been killed potentially.

That's what I'm hoping.

That something will give no matter what.

[It's later than usual that she returns home, but that's always true when something like this occurs. The blood has long since been cleaned from her hands, but she steps into her home and immediately feels like she can breathe easier here.

She smiles as she walks into the kitchen.]

Coffee at the ready. You really do know me well. [After all this time, she can say it's because of more of that guardian connection.

He simply knows her, better than anyone else.]