CY-Ren pays no attention to Mari and Herbert's squabble - whether or not Herbert ever made it to her just isn't important. Instead, she stays focused on the portal she's opened up - she spreads her palms and coaxes it open further, gradually opening a gateway back to the real world.

"Of course..." she says softly, moving through gate without looking back. It leads to the interior of a extremely lavish penthouse... hers, naturally.

"With some practice, you'll all find yourselves able to use your Sparks to summon the powers of the Void... and with that power, it will be your duty to keep the forces of Creation busy while I finish perfecting my Requiem... The performance you just witnessed was only a test run."

She opens her coat, and pulls out two palm-sized, perfect jewels - the gems of the fallen Amethyst and Lapis. As Steven and Connie come to join her, she will hand them off to them.

"As a Harbinger of the Void, you'll find yourself able to claim familiars of your own... servants to aid you in your tasks. It can be any beast under your power, or one willed together by your Spark." She smiles to herself.

"It should all come to you quite naturally."

The night sky shimmers through the plane-glass windows, the ocean rolling far below them.