The story of the "Perfect Order" is just beginning. It isn't a story of peace, but of a world forced into a stalemate by a girl who decided she was both a god and a monster. Jormungand: Perfect Order | Swabulous Max - WordPress.com

Jonah, having returned to Koko, is no longer the "clueless" child soldier. He carries the knowledge that Koko’s peace was bought with the projected deaths of 700,000 people—mostly those in the air at the moment of activation.

Koko doesn't answer immediately. She just looks at the silent sky, her gaze as intimidating and unyielding as ever. "It's the only world where you can grow up without a gun in your hand, Jonah," she finally says. "Even if I have to hold the whole world's throat to make it happen".

"Is this the world you wanted, Koko?" Jonah asks as they prepare to move again.

The peace Koko forced upon the world is fragile. While the "skies are closed," the earth is still very much open for business.

remains by her side, though the tension is palpable. Lehm and Valmet watch the horizon, waiting for the inevitable backlash from the superpowers Koko just defanged. The Weight of 700,000