[Even after Reign gives his final, heartfelt farewell, Mephisto doesn't respond. But as Reign kneels there, the sound of Mephisto's breathing slowly begins to peter out, blood soaking into the bandages around his eyes like tears.]
[But that's when something rather strange happens.]
[With a final poof of colorful smoke, floating just a few inches above Mephisto's chest is an oddly beautiful clock, shaped like an anatomical heart. Though no clock face is present, the little gears shift and tick softly, almost like a gentle heartbeat.]
[Which might just make it all the more horrifying when the ticking suddenly stops.]
[The rot that had covered Mephisto's skin spreads up over the heart, quickly causing it to crack and crumble away into nothingness. And when it does, Mephisto's breathing finally stops all together.]
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[But that's when something rather strange happens.]
[With a final poof of colorful smoke, floating just a few inches above Mephisto's chest is an oddly beautiful clock, shaped like an anatomical heart. Though no clock face is present, the little gears shift and tick softly, almost like a gentle heartbeat.]
[Which might just make it all the more horrifying when the ticking suddenly stops.]
[The rot that had covered Mephisto's skin spreads up over the heart, quickly causing it to crack and crumble away into nothingness. And when it does, Mephisto's breathing finally stops all together.]
[He's gone.]