Editing Waiting For Godot: 40k Edition (section)

== Bad Ending ==

[This ending kicks in BEFORE the rumbling, obviously, because otherwise it just doesn't work.]

Five. Hundred. Years.

They had been imprisoned for five hundred years, with no end in sight.

For the first century, it had been nice. They had become friends, as the burned-in "A+F BFFS" engraving on the wall now attested. They had scratched and burned pictures into the walls, traded stories, generally talked about their respective lives.

Around the second century, the enthusiasm was gone. They spoke only to avoid insanity.

In the third century, familiarity bred contempt. Contempt bred hatred.

And in the fourth century, hatred bred silence.

For two centuries, they had not spoken a word to each other. Before, they had loathed each other in ignorance. Now, they loathed each other in absolute knowledge. They simply sat and stared, as they had that first day.

"HERETIC."

"..."

"YOU ARE ON THE EMPEROR'S SIDE OF THE CAVE."