Heart aching, Aramis maneuvers he and Porthos down to the ground and pulls Athos to him, cradling him away from the world even as it changes, brightens, freeing them at last from their endless nightmare. "It's all right now," he murmurs, staring sadly over Athos' shoulder at Porthos. It is over, but it never should have happened to Athos at all. "It will all be all right."