[ Raina gasps softly -- simultaneously horrified and fascinated. ]

To close a gateway to another dimension must take tremendous power. [ And from the sound of it, multiple powers. ] And for you to take all of that within yourself...

[ Forget bad shape. He should be dead if he was any ordinary person. So the question remains -- what exactly is he? ]

It says a lot about your strength of will that you survived [ barely ] at all.

[ Raina's expression warms. ]

If that isn't the true definition of hero, I don't know what is.