DEEP VOID, DARK BLOOD

Previously

…He looked at his hands, his gloved hands, and for a moment, he saw not the tools of a protector, but the instruments of destruction. The line between hunter and hunted, between hero and monster, had blurred. He had fought for humanity, but in doing so, he had been forced to confront the darkest aspects of his own existence. The Voidheart was silent now, save for the groans of its dying structure. The threat was gone, for now. But Bodyguard knew he couldn’t return to his old life. He was a creature of the void now, a guardian forged in its unforgiving fires. His vigil had only just begun. The darkness was vast, and he was its lonely sentinel.