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A "proper" ending shouldn't just go back to the start; it should establish a new reality for the hero, for better or worse.

Something must stop them. In "Bastion-style" stories, this is often the environment itself or "Scrappers" representing the wreckage of the old world. lh11rar

She stepped off the marble onto a floating cobblestone path that knit itself together just as her foot descended. To her left, a piece of a clock tower drifted by, its gears frozen at 12:04. To her right, a garden bench held a statue of a man holding a bunch of stone roses. He looked peaceful. Elara envied the stone. A "proper" ending shouldn't just go back to