'We made plans to grow old
Believe me there was truth in all those stories that I told
Lost in a simple game, cat and mouse
Are we the same people as before this came to light?

Am I supposed to be happy?
With all I ever wanted, it comes with a price
Am I supposed to be happy?
With all I ever wanted, it comes with a price
You said, you said that you would die for me

You must live for me too'

'Cat And Mouse' - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

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Before I say anything else, I'm sorry- 🙃
Trust me, I actually fucking cried while making this.

There was a promise made many years before the end, and then another mere days before Ethans arrival to the village.
Neither knew that those promises would effectively be broken.
By the time they figured it out, she was dying, and he lost more than just the factory and his army-

He lost the chance to be 'normal'. Both of them did.

As it faded, they were simply left with memories and broken dreams of what could have been, only seeing eachother in the afterlife where none of it really mattered.