With the crushing realization that she had really messed it up this time, Daff felt the guilt and the regret creep up her spine, flooding her system. She watched him grapple with something for just a brief moment and then he was gone. That was it. She'd completely ruined it this time.

Daff stood there for a few minutes, trying to gain her composure, blinking back the tears. She has a job to finish and that was it. She looked around the room one more time, trying to commit as much as possible to memory, but she couldn't linger any longer. Once she finished the last of the decorations that was truly the end of it.