The Hunter stands on a rooftop with Katarina. The locket is whole again, but she doesn’t take it.

The Hunter realizes the truth: Moribund is already dead. He was the first victim of the Stain, and his machine-spirit is just a recording of his madness. The only way to stop him is to convince The Other that Moribund’s proposal is boring.

In its distraction, the Hunter uses The Final Cut not on Moribund, but on the anchor binding The Other to Borgovia. The blade severs the metaphysical knot. The tower collapses. The Stain evaporates. Borgovia’s citizens wake up with no memory of the madness. General Harker and Professor Fulmigati, having lost their armies, awkwardly agree to share a beer.

The Final Cut: Curse of the Borgovian Stain

He reassembles the locket. Katarina returns, visibly shaken.

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