Walking through the battlefield, Acceptance stopped to take in the view. Arms folded, he shook his head displeased. "So much pointless bloodshed. Where did it all get us in the end?"
"Big brother Acceptance!" Denial yelled, jumping ahead to the man. "We shouldn't be here. There could be more of them."
Acceptance scoffed at this, looking to the little girl unamused. "Is that meant to be some kind of joke? This uprising was doomed from the start…. I should have seen that myself."
"Oh dear, is it over already?" The Woman whispered, floating to the ground closing her umbrella. "I would have imagined an uprising started by yourself; Archie would have brought more destruction."
Acceptance stepped back, startled whispering. "You knew?"
"Of course, we knew. How could we not? Your obsession with that failure of a Gardener Stella was the sole reason we allowed you to remain as Acceptance."
"Now what? Are you going to take my Stage?"