you guys really missed the metaphor huh

the zone is dead, let it stay dead. we're the ones who move on and remember how it was. I hope the zone stays dead bc if it doesn't, it lowers the impact of us being the ones to kill it. plus, if you go into NG+, and fly around, you'll realize pretty quickly that the zone is actually just a facade of a real zone. The black stone is everywhere, and the zone dies the further out you get.