Today I present another double feature post. I hadn't really counted on the fact that I'd be so busy tomorrow with New Years' Eve events, and so I hadn't realized that if I wanted to finish reviewing this album before the end of the month I'd better put in some extra effort. So, hopefully this will be the last time I'll be doing songs back to back like this.

This first review is more about the story rather than the actual music, bear with me here.

The next song on the list is the penultimate -- "The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth." As the name implies, this is a sort of sequel to "Apollo I." Thought it chronicles different events, it's the mental battle going on through the Writer's mind that makes the song a sequel. In "Apollo I: The Writing Writer", the Writer has his first serious thoughts about how the fiction he's created must come to an end. Throughout the course of the album he's discovered a way to make this happen -- by killing the character known as Ambellina, and force Claudio Kilgannon into a situation where he has no choice but to accept his destiny as the Crowing.

Now, this song is the final result of these events. Several things are going on this song. As the Writer makes his way into the story, Claudio, Ambellina, Jesse, and the rest of the gang are making their way to House Atlantic, the headquarters of Supreme Tri-Mage Wilhelm Ryan. As soon as they land, Jesse becomes engaged in a brutal fight with Ryan's right hand man, General Mayo Deftinwolf and is killed -- thus ending the last of the original K.B.I. IRO-Bots.

Claudio and Ambellina make their way to Ryan's lair, but are quickly ambushed by none other than the Writer himself. Through the use of the Willing Well, the Writer has finally entered the story world. He wastes no time attacking Ambellina. Finally, at the sight of this seemingly insane being attacking his faithful guardian, Claudio evokes his Crowing powers and attempts to fight the Writer. However, as the Writer is literally God of his world, Claudio is easily overcome and the Writer mortally wounds Ambellina, forcing Claudio to listen to the Writer's demands and accept fate.

That all being said, there is certainly very much going on here. I don't feel like I can comment too much on the music of the song. It's more or less a repetition of what's found on "Apollo I" with a bridge added into the mix. Even the lyrics are mostly the same, but worded differently. In this way, to the casual listener who wouldn't likely know the song's place in the concept, they might think the band just got lazy with songwriting. However, it's truly important that this song sounds similar to its predecessor.