"Captain, I, I didn't mean that..."
Bruno knelt on the ground, looking at the captain who calmly faced death, as if he felt the light of the Holy Mother once again.
"Come now, child! Do not burden yourself, you are helping to release me. I am already afflicted with the Demon's curse, and I won't last much longer."
Diego smiled. He reached out, took off the Silver Cross that Dias had given him, and placed it around Bruno's neck.
"Through redemption, the Lord manifests His grace between generations and eternity... Bruno, there is still the light of redemption in your heart! Clasp the Cross around your neck and do not let it extinguish in the darkness of the Demon."
Having spoken, Diego took out a bottle of olive oil, drew a Cross on his forehead, and prayed.
"Per istam sanctam unctionem, indulgeat tibi Dominus quidquid deliquisti, Amen."