He often found himself wondering about the afterlife now that three of his comrades had been slain.

He wondered if he would be greeted by fire or ice, by hatred or indifference. He wondered if he would be tortured into madness or if he would merely be abandoned to reflect upon his sins for all eternity. He wondered if their faces would haunt him. The vengeful queen. The golden warrior. The noble prince.

But mostly he wondered if he would see them, the Shitennou, again. For it was for them and for their honor that he continued to fight.