A Facetinating... Facetnating? Eh either one... I forgot how I was going to end this title...

The Facet was waiting for me at the expected place. O'Briens of course. I showed up and he was there. I recognized him immediately this time. He was wearing a black hoody with a 9 on it and a copy of my face mask. I arrived and sat in front of him.

"So, you decided to talk after-" he started and then I tried to stab him. I failed... I failed because Nathan punched me in the side of the head hard enough to knock me out of my chair and send me skidding across the room. I don't know when he showed up or how or whether The Facet had planned that (That would be unlikely right?), regardless Nathan was here and he paid no attention to the Facet as he began to approach me cracking his knuckles. I got up grabbed some slender proxy who was sitting near me and tossed him towards Nathan who caught him by the neck with one hand snapped it and tossed him away. Which was what I was hoping for. His friends were not happy about this and they attacked Nathan. It didn't go well for them of course, because Nathan is a god damn walking murder machine, but the distraction was all I needed. I was heading to the exit as the fight started in earnest, but then Nathan grabbed the back of my head and yanked me back and then froze. The Facet was behind him. Elsewhere people were fighting each other and we'd become less interesting.

Nathan was standing frozen in place and then he spoke.

"He's fighting me... Doing a surprisingly good job of it too... Remarkable. Still I could kill him. Right now. I could end this. I just need one thing from you..."

It was The Facet speaking of course.

"All I want from you is to forget your vows. Assume the role you have been given. Recreate The Children of Nothing and lead us," he said.

It was a simple request and Nathan would be dealt with. Obviously I told him to go fuck himself and he nodded and then Nathan was reaching for me again as The Facet stepped back. I ran out the doors and continued running for some time. I ran until I was sure Nathan wasn't still chasing me. Which meant I was running until I physically collapsed unable to continue. He didn't show up and kill me, so I rested there on the sidewalk for a while. Random people walked by giving me weird looks and someone I think called the cops, but I'd recovered enough by then to crawl back to my new temporary residence...