[Having finally regained possession of Xena's ashes, Gabrielle opens the urn to dip it into the Fountain of Strength. Xena places a hand on the urn.]
No, Gabrielle.
Xena.
No.
Xena, the sun is setting. I have to bring you back to life.
No, not if it means condemning the souls of the forty thousand who burned at Higuchi.
The souls are free.
They're free from Yodoshi's grasp. Akemi didn't want to tell me this in case I wouldn't come back to help … but for those souls to be released into a state of grace, they must be avenged. I must stay dead.
But if I bring you back to life...
...The souls will be lost forever.
Xena, that is not right. I don't care. You're all that matters to me.
Don't you know how much I want to let you do this? But if there's a reason for our travels together, it's because I had to learn from you, enough to know the final, the good, the right thing to do. I can't come back. I can't.
I love you, Xena. How am I supposed to go on without you?
I'll always be with you, Gabrielle. Always.
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