"You can bind me with names," Shadow said, not bitter but almost grateful. "Names are what tether people to the world."
Shadow left before dawn, his silhouette less sharp, the edges softened by the name that had held him. Mei watched him go from the top of the arena steps. She had not freed the world from shadow—such things are never that simple—but she had shown it a different ending: that darkness could be met with stories and held accountable by memory. shadow fight 2 special edition original