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Upon returning to The Strand and informing Michelle of her beloved's passing, she enters harsh denial and insists that she be escorted to Lonalulu. Upon arriving, she keeps herself hidden in the coastal shallows as to not frighten the villagers and asks that Kainui be brought to speak with her. When Kainui arrives, Michelle is nearly brought to tears at the sight of Kainui and the sound of his voice, revealing herself to him as she perches upon a rock. However, her joy is short lived as she realizes the youth is not her Kai as Kainui points to his weather-worn grave on the beach. Mortified that her beloved had died alone in isolation, Michelle forlornly reflects that the lifespan of a human passes by so quickly for mermaids, who can live for five hundred years. Realizing the cruel irony that her time on The Strand was in fact passing too quickly without Kai at her side, Michelle thanks the Luminary for reuniting her with her lost beloved and states that his passage to Nautica can be found in the tidal pool she spent decades waiting in. Pulling herself ashore, Michelle dons the wedding veil and sings a bewitching song that transforms her into a human. Slowly making her way to Kainoa's grave on weak legs, she kisses the grave while lamenting the barriers between humans and mermaids, and walks back into the ocean--becoming the sea foam warned about in the mermaid's burden. | Upon returning to The Strand and informing Michelle of her beloved's passing, she enters harsh denial and insists that she be escorted to Lonalulu. Upon arriving, she keeps herself hidden in the coastal shallows as to not frighten the villagers and asks that Kainui be brought to speak with her. When Kainui arrives, Michelle is nearly brought to tears at the sight of Kainui and the sound of his voice, revealing herself to him as she perches upon a rock. However, her joy is short lived as she realizes the youth is not her Kai as Kainui points to his weather-worn grave on the beach. Mortified that her beloved had died alone in isolation, Michelle forlornly reflects that the lifespan of a human passes by so quickly for mermaids, who can live for five hundred years. Realizing the cruel irony that her time on The Strand was in fact passing too quickly without Kai at her side, Michelle thanks the Luminary for reuniting her with her lost beloved and states that his passage to Nautica can be found in the tidal pool she spent decades waiting in. Pulling herself ashore, Michelle dons the wedding veil and sings a bewitching song that transforms her into a human. Slowly making her way to Kainoa's grave on weak legs, she kisses the grave while lamenting the barriers between humans and mermaids, and walks back into the ocean--becoming the sea foam warned about in the mermaid's burden. | ||
Later on, during the [[Time travel|events of the game's third act]], the Luminary is able to save Michelle from her sad fate. First, the player must | Later on, during the [[Time travel|events of the game's third act]], the Luminary is able to save Michelle from her sad fate. First, the player must speak with the elder of Lonalulu who explains that Kainui has gone missing since he set out to explore a sandbank surrounded by dense fog. Here Kainui and Michelle must be rescued from a horde of monsters that have surrounded them. Upon dispatching the beasts, Kainui thanks his heroes and explains that the monsters attacked his boat then threw him overboard. He awoke on The Strand sometime later, with his grievous injuries being tended to by Michelle. When the sea monsters returned to finish him off, Kainui stood his ground between them and Michelle as a voice in the back of his head told him ''"You gotta save her, Kai! You can't let her die this time!"''. Having never met Michelle before in the new universe, Kai is left confused but feels drawn to Michelle none the less. Michelle herself feels that she's met this Kai before. When either are spoken to again after this event, they recall vague memories of when they met in the previous universe before affirming that they'll stay together to insure one another is safe, with Kai telling the Luminary to let the Lonalulu villagers know he is alright. | ||
Though it had taken a reincarnation and the birth of a new timeline, the lovers are reunited at last even if they have only begun to suspect the past they share. | Though it had taken a reincarnation and the birth of a new timeline, the lovers are reunited at last even if they have only begun to suspect the past they share. | ||