"I wonder... Did they let this happen?" says Nier, her thoughts wandering. "Did they... do this on purpose? So many awful things have happened in this city, so... who's to say?"
"Hush, my beloved, save your strength..." murmurs Death. "It's as you say, poisons have cures. It is a shame we simply do not know much of medicine."
Nier has some knowledge, things she needed to know to take care of herself in her family's neglect. But poison is a separate thing altogether, something she knows almost nothing about. With hazy vision, she glances around the street, and her eyes land on a familiar word.
"Ah, th-there..." she says, raising a weak hand to point. "There's a pharmacy there, we can... We..."
It still doesn't hurt. Death has never hurt Nier, no matter how many times it has happened to her. Living hurts far more, and as she slips away, her last thought is how much easier it feels to breathe. Nier's arm falls, and her last breath rattles in her chest.
"My beloved? Nier? Ah... Oh no.... No, no, no..." Death's moan sounds through the empty street, and she clutches the girl's body in her arms as she weeps. But after a few minutes of emotional outpouring, the primal beast picks her head back up. "Well... I suppose it is a good thing that our abilities have had their restrictions lifted, no? As easy as it would be to be selfish... It would not do, not now..."
As Death speaks, a black fog rolls out from her billowing dress and envelops Nier's body. After a few moments, it pulls away, trailing gentle caresses down the girl's pale skin. And Nier's lungs fill with air, and she opens her eyes.
"Oh, Death... Did I... Did I die?" she asks.
Death nods. "Sadly, yes... But I have brought you back, my love... How do you feel?"
Nier rises to her feet out of Death's arms, but stumbles and presses a hand to her chest. "I think... I think I'm still poisoned... But I feel a little better right now, so I think I can manage for now..."
She takes a few steps towards the pharmacy before looking over at Ereshkigal. "I-I'm sorry, I hope I haven't worried you too much... Did you find anything?"