[seeing Kroenen descend the stairs into his library]
I see the puppet... but where is the puppeteer?
Very good, Professor Broom. [Broom turns to see him sitting nearby]
It was you. The scraps of paper. Liz's sudden relapse and return.
Breadcrumbs on the trail, like in a fable. They both distract him, and guide him exactly where I need him.
Moscow?
His destiny. [rises] And the last clue will be left by the late Professor Broom. You raised the child, nurtured him... so in return, I will permit you a brief, brief glimpse of the future.
[Rasputin puts a hand on Broom's forehead, showing him a vision of a destroyed New York City, the Ogdru Jahad free, and Hellboy with a crown of flame amidst the ruins.]
He will open the portal and bring about the end of the world. If only you had had him destroyed sixty years ago, none of this would have come to pass... but then, how could you have known? Your God chooses to remain silent. Mine lives within me. Every time I died and crossed over, a little more... [tentacles writhe in his hand] of the master came back with me. He disclosed to me the child's true name. Would you like to know it?
I know what to call him. I call him... son.
[puts a hand over Broom's]
It'll be quick.
[As Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" plays on the record player, Kroenen stabs the professor through the throat with one of his blades, killing him.]
