The seeds started to glow, a soft, golden hue, not terribly unlike the shade of bright gold that he had seen overtake John's eyes.

The time was nigh, he knew.

He turned John over to his back again and opened his mouth. He put the glowing pomegranate seeds inside and closed his mouth again.

Tenderly, he leaned into John's ear, and whispered only loud enough for him to hear. "Eat them, my love. Eat them and we will be together for all eternity, my Persephone."