In the end, he gave his all for those he cared the most. Even then, the 'Sin' he carried with him always lingered - whether those attributed to him from birth, or those he gained while fighting for Babel - urging him to seek absolution. Some last act of kindness, to perhaps even take control of his life one last time before the death he anticipated to suffer.

A tragedy he 'found' absolution through martyrdom. Riposa in pace, sarai ricordato.

Shouldn't his body have exploded by now? Originum infection is no joke.

Jarlath said:

Shouldn't his body have exploded by now? Originum infection is no joke.

I don't think it can reach critical mass through a dead body.

cd_young said:

I don't think it can reach critical mass through a dead body.

You don't need explosion to infect everyone. On dying, an oripathy patient's originium lesion will destabilize rather quickly and disseminate into originium dust. Case in point: in Lingering Echoes it only took a very short time to infect Ebenholz during him caring for Kreide's body. He got infected by the cuts on his palm during the transportation.

Also, take note that this crystallization on Sin's body was not canon by in-game lore. You cannot instantly grow originium to this point by overusing your Arts; conservation of mass still applies to deaths related to oripathy---like Patriot whose body got altered by the originium mass so much he's basically more than stone than a man when we fought him. Guin must took inspiration from Faust-affected units, on which his Art utilizes fine originium particles spread by his breath (from the lesion on his throat) to travel by air and took over a target's body by activating the oripathy lesions inside infected members and control the mass, essentially creating puppets.

This looks more like Tiberium than it does Originium. That’s not a criticism though, it fits the scene quite well.

Valiran9 said:

This looks more like Tiberium than it does Originium. That’s not a criticism though, it fits the scene quite well.

I mean Tiberium and Originium are basically the same thing

Did he cut off his own arm?

Kaktus_Lata said:

Did he cut off his own arm?

Crystal extrusions probably severed it not long before death.

shade_30 said:

I mean Tiberium and Originium are basically the same thing

It is? Neat. Shame I can't stand gacha games, the lore sounds fun.

FRien said:

It is? Neat. Shame I can't stand gacha games, the lore sounds fun.

Of all the gacha games, Arknights is the better one among them.
It's incredibly generous with how much you can get even as an F2P'er.

I blame Jack Garland for this.