"It has not. I did what I had to do. You don't understand. I don't exist without him, too. If I'm here, he's..."

The Sentry dipped his head, hair drooping over his eyes. There was an unsettling feeling in his chest; that feeling heroes get when they know they've let their public down. When they've let someone who needs them down. Would he have given up if Lindy were here?

"He could kill you. Everything. I needed to stop him for good."