And us?” said the Hag. "What happens to us then? Will we be free?”
"That's what we agreed.”
"We can go into extinction?”
"If that's what you want.”
"More than anything,” said the Hag. "More than anything.”
"There are worse things than existence,” said Immacolata.
"Oh?” the Hag replied. "Can you name one?”
Immacolata thought for a short while.
"No,” she conceded, with a soft sigh of distress. "You may be right, sister.