~ Boop! ~

After the events of the 'final confrontation' had played out, Czernobog changed his mind. He didn't want Shadow to die. He certainly didn't want to slay the lad by his own hand, anymore.

And if Shadow avoided coming to see him, that would have worked out fine for them both. But he was a man of his word, and came seeking his fate head-on. Shadow insisted on receiving the hammer-blow that he was due.

Unfortunately, Czernobog was also a man of his word. So he fetched his hammer and-

Boop!

-gave him a cute little bonk on the forehead, which was not hard enough to leave so much as a bruise.

~end~