- [Last lines]
- Richard Cypher: They'll be fine. You said it yourself. Dennee and Finn can't be confessed. So their son's touch will have no effect. He can't be seduced by his own power if he's unable to use it. Once they reach Valeria, there won't be anyone to corrupt him. With no one to corrupt him, they can raise him to be a force for good.
- Kahlan Amnell: But what if we're wrong? What if we've unleashed a horrible evil into the world? What then?
- Richard Cypher: We'll escort you to the coast.
- Kahlan Amnell: Will the other Confessors meet us there?
- Serena: There are no other Confessors, Kahlan. We are all that's left.
- Serena: [their foe wants the male Confessor baby] It's the darkness reaching for the darkness. But he will not have it!