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Boom!

I can't see very well—;I'm feeling kinda dizzy—

Hur... ry...

My ears can't... hear very well...

Hey, {@nickname}, how you feeling now?

I just checked the wall. I guess you guys didn't have to crash into the blast point with such perfect accuracy?

Sorry for making you suffer all that for nothing.

(Angrily waves claws)

Watch your claws, little beast. This one here is no match for you.

Mon3tr, I'm okay. Let me down.

You 'look' terrible. Heh, you can drop the act in front of me.

You want me to believe you can't take this much? I don't buy it.

I'm worried about Kal'tsit...;If Amiya's running into these things too...

I don't remember the cat lady being that fragile. She—

(She doesn't gasp for air much anymore, but she hasn't completely recovered yet... and she sent this little freak here...)

(Dejected howl)

Alright, stop whining. It pisses me off.

Look how peppy you are. That means the old hag is fine.

Ines told me the little bunny's already run into this thing once in Norport.

She's got more experience than any one of us when it comes to dealing with it.

Heh, I bet she's more worried about me offing you rather than the revenant.

(Threatening howl)

Shut up. The old hag isn't here to back you up now.

The little bunny's gonna be fine. Take my word for it.

Standing in the corridor, W subconsciously looks outside the window and freezes for a moment.

Let's get going. We ain't got time for sightseeing.

You come to the window and look at the battlefield beneath you.

The sky is still lit up by the Sighs of Kings's golden glow. Victoria's counterattack must have started.

Victoria's counterattack has begun.;I hope Rhodes Island will be of help...

Down there is a real hell now. No need to look anymore.

Were you... saddened by the battlefield?

...More than enough Sarkaz have died.

Keep up.

I have lots of questions for Her Highness.

(Looks around in alarm)

...Mon3tr?

(Attacks the ground furiously)

A dark current of shadows silently appears at your feet and drags you toward the end of the hallway at an incredible speed.

You can feel the tip of a sharp blade at the back of your neck.

There's more than just the revenant here—!

(Low-pitched growling)

The black tide engulfs the struggling Mon3tr and keeps it from moving.

*Sarkaz expletive*, trying to snatch my mark from under my eyes?!

(Angry howling)

Come back!

You see a flash of light within the darkness at the end of the corridor, followed by a loud boom.

The force coming from behind you is so strong that it propels you out of the darkness and straight into the ground.

Ouch!;The bomb on my back?!

How's that? The latest propulsion unit with tracking. Not bad, huh? And like I said, the explosions are just a bonus.

It'll still make you suffer for two or three days, though.

Hah, we make a great team, don't we?

I never agreed to this team-up!;You could've reminded me beforehand!

It was never your call if or how we were gonna team up.

Hey, you in there. Bet that gave you a start, too?

You haven't changed, W.

You cannot go any further.

And you... <i>Doctor</i>.

You... are alive.

Have we met before?

She remembers the day she returned to Babel.

She remembers that broken door and the blood-stained logo...

And... those assassins hiding under their masks.

They took Theresa's life.

That Theresa.

W finds herself exceptionally calm right now.

You're gonna die.

And it'll be a really horrible death.