Erlking (before battle)

…!

Stop...

I won't let you get away this time.

Give my Catherine back, you git.

... Even if you were to pursue me, even if you were to grab me...

It will change nothing. Catherine has already left you.

That is the most undeniable truth, isn't it? Shovel up the soil and exhume her body for all you want. But this is an immutable truth.

There she lies, wearing an ineffable, ethereal smile. She always is.

I know. But I am trying my damnest to change it. So shut up and -

Hahaha! Change it?

Allow me to relieve you of the struggle. You will suffer, longing for her for as much as eternity permits... Searching for Catherine, who is long gone from this world...

... until your heart finds peace.

Every strand of despair leads to the same answer. At the end of every path, you will mutter to yourself.

That once your repentance is complete, you shall lie beside her in that coffin with your cold, still heart.

I merely mean to lift the years of that suffering from your shoulders. Join the other Heathcliffs in their trail of penitence, and I shall grant you the early peace of your heart that you so deserve!

Sod off! I don't need your shite idea of 'peace'...

That's... not how I want to find my peace.

I wonder if you would say the same thing, even with the revelation that all of this... is exactly what Catherine wanted?