The protagonist is in a flooded sewer tunnel, heading toward a building known as the Arena.
Said Arena is filled with carnage, with dead bodies and an air of despair over fewer remaining people.
The protagonist happens upon a man named Estevan, who, despite the surrounding turmoil, appears calm as ever.
Estevan, a former adviser to the protagonist's father, seems to be causing air distortion with his concentrated power.
The protagonist attempts to confront Estevan, who appears emotionally tired and indifferent to his surroundings. The confrontation results in the protagonist experiencing a realistic vision of an entirely different place filled with colossal structures under a bruised sky.
After coming back to reality in the midst of the havoc, the protagonist presses a sharp object known as a stylus against Estevan's neck, pleading for him to stop whatever he's doing.
Estevan responds dismissively, stating that the monstrosity they have all become is due to the overwhelming force of the Hierarchy.
Despite the protagonist's plea for Estevan to find a better way to resist the tyranny of the Hierarchy, Estevan remains stoic and believes there's no escaping their lot in this reality.
As the protagonist attempts to show sympathy, Estevan, in a surprising turn of events, guides the stylus into his own neck and thrusts it upwards into his brain, effectively killing himself.