Ophelia drags Mische through the air and tears into Mische's memories, feeding on moments from Mische's life. Ophelia discovers Mische's intimacy with Asar and reacts with jealousy, pain, and hunger, revealing that Asar never loved or held Ophelia in the way Mische has experienced.

Asar fights through the dead toward Mische, calling for her, but he remains too far away to stop Ophelia. Ophelia rages over the seventy-two unanswered calls she made during her own death, then attacks Mische again, ripping through Mische's body, soul, and memories while Mische's magic fails against her.

Mische realizes Ophelia is not merely a monster but a shattered soul. Drawing on her missionary experience and Asar's lesson that the dead sometimes need someone to listen, Mische reaches through the connection Ophelia created and offers genuine sympathy for what happened to her.

Ophelia resists with anger, but Mische keeps acknowledging her pain and helps Ophelia remember her mortal vulnerability. Through Ophelia's memories, Mische sees the cruelty of Ophelia's death, the terror of her unanswered pleas, and the agony of Asar's failed resurrection, which left Ophelia half alive, half dead, starving for life and trapped in torment.

As Ophelia weakens and the summoned dead begin to scatter, Mische soothes the damaged places in Ophelia's soul and urges her to rest. Ophelia admits that she wants to go but is afraid, and Asar arrives in time to join Mische's Shadowborn magic, opening the way for Ophelia to pass on.

Asar apologizes to Ophelia, finally understanding that regret and shame kept him tethered to her and prevented him from helping her before. Ophelia does not forgive him, but she releases her anger and pain, then disintegrates like ash into the wind.