Just some assholes I met at a party. They won’t be bothering me anymore.

Lilith, you just can’t go around beating people up.

Excuse me, but I’ll do whatever I have to do to survive.

What’re you saying? This doesn’t sound at all like you.

It’s the new me. Uncle Don is teaching me how to use my powers.

Uncle Don?

A distant relative who’s come to visit.

Is he … Hunahpu?

Yes.

Jacob?

Lilith, I can’t talk to you now. I … I need to speak with my father.

And I need to feel your arms around me.

I told you before, I can’t see you now.

And I’m sick of these excuses. I need to nestle in your warmth. There’s no warmth in my life, Jacob, just like there’s no more warmth in your words. You’ve become cold and calculating, and I don’t like it.

Sorry, but things are happening. I didn’t ask for this life any more than you asked for yours.

Try taking your own advice and change things.

I’m going to. Starting now.

Meaning what?

Meaning I can’t see you. Not outside the nexus. Not within.

I thought you loved me?

I do … but I can’t communicate with you while you’re in contact with another Hunaphu.

He’s my uncle.

It doesn’t matter. My destiny … I can’t take a chance.

To hell with that stupid Mayan stuff, it’s our destiny to be together.

It’s not stupid. My father warned me—

To hell with your father, your father’s dead!

Don’t say that.

Think, Jacob. Necromancers like us can only speak with the dead.

You’re wrong.

Don’t leave me, Jacob! You’re all I have!

Look, I don’t wish to hurt you, but things are happening … there are more important things at stake.

What’s more important than love?

Lilith—

Answer me! What’s more important than love?

I’m sorry.

Jacob shudders as Lilith’s venomous energy lashes out at him.

You go to Hell, Jacob Gabriel! You go straight to Hell!

Lilith—

The sudden emptiness of the nexus closes in upon him.

Hell. Exactly where I’m headed.

Father, I need you!

I’m here, Jacob. Tell me what’s wrong?

I feel so lost. Manny’s still not Hunahpu, at least he’s not like me.

Give him time.

I don’t know. He wants a normal life.

In the end, Manny will fulfill his destiny.

He hates his calling, he just wants to live his life. He wants to be in love.

What did you tell him?

I told him love is a distraction, that it makes men weak. You don’t agree?