Astra had just finished showing off her costume to collector, it was a simple black witch costume with some blue accents. She claimed it was in honor of inkmatas since she didn't do anything at her funeral. After she finished showing collector her costume she left to show terra and data
Collector was quickly reminded of his guilt.
Especially the amount of ways he could've killed that THING that appeared when they read that book.
He fought ultimum, he had a chance to kill him and save the lives of inkmatas and Peyton, but he didn't. He stood there and watched as Ultimum teleported away. He thought he was weak. But his overconfidence didn't end up harming him, but one of his closest friends.
Soon collector calmed down, and simply left to process his thoughts. He didn't say anything to his daughters, just silently left.
He walked around the inkeverse for a while, simply admiring the sights and trying to clear his head, the inkeverse is quite beautiful at night.
Eventually he got to the memorial.
It was life-sized statue of inkmatas on a pedestal covered in flowers. The first brimstone amulet was hung around the statue's neck, and protected from thieves using a spell casted by kinyani. Surprisingly, nobody has dared to steal it yet, you don't even need to be that tall to reach it as long as you can get on the pedestal. It simply shows how much respect the inkeverse has for her and her sacrifice
Collector thought for a moment, and decided to see if he could call out to inkmatas in the afterlife. If her soul was still intact after being in contact with all of that energy, he would find it.
Collector knelt down in front of the statue and began whispering
