Ren's body is cremated. Shaan burns his letters as well so that they can reach heaven. Asher asks to keep Ren's rifle and Kaiden stays with them till Ren is nothing but ashes.
'I only have you now,' says Shaan, squeezing Elli's hand as they watch their comrades' corpses disappear into smoke. 'I enlisted because I've lost too much. World peace is a dream – an impossible dream. We all know it.'
'A world without wars has never existed in history,' says Elli, shifting closer to Shaan. Shaan has turned away from him, probably hiding his soaked face and quivering lips. He has never once shed a tear in front of Elli, not when he speaks of his deceased family, the f*******n dreams and the non-existing futures; not when he is a millisecond away from death on the battlefield or almost losing his
