"The world almost burned to dust and that's what you focus on." Desmond smiled without any warmth to it and rubbed the back of his neck. He really didn't want to relive all the worst parts of their time together, but honestly, that was all it was in the end. Because none of the rest of it turned out to be real. He thought she saved him. That was how he saw her. His savior, from his lock up. He was such a damn fool. Her beauty and her determination drew him in. She would have succeeded, given the chance.

"Juno showed me. You were outed by a god, so it wasn't like you gave anything away. No, you were very good at what you did." No small amount of bitterness there. "It's crazy none of your people thought about the fact that my DNA started all this, so it could probably end it too." Desmond swallowed through the strange pain in his throat. "So I did. I died doing it."