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There’s gunshots ahead, past where the tunnel bends doard

I bolt, no ti

I scra half the way in my haste, and find Victra crouched behind a rock She darts to the next A pulseblast turns the floor behind her molten

“You left your men to die,” Victra says She moves to the next boulder Two shots sizzle past her before she takes cover

“I’ll find more,” Harmony says from deeper in the tunnel, where it widens to forht but the acid green spas optics to see down here Wait, how can I see? The figures are murky, like shadows over ink, but I can hts

“You e to the next rock Haroes the other way, disappearing into a caved-in section of the tunnel “You killed Ares”

“Because he was one of you!” Harht me, bitch”

I lie in the shadows and take careful aim with my pistol

“You killed Lyria’s family”

“Who cares?” Hare just as Victra swings down from above

Harer

Click

She exhales and then throws the gun at Victra and reaches for her bootknife Victra catches the gun in one hand and sers broken The knife clatters to the ground She swings at Victra with her other hand Victra punches the balled fist, shattering it I tuck my pistol away and walk after them

“You killed her child,” I say to Harmony Victra cracks a flare and tosses it at Harht optics

“She killedmy arrival with almost as much hate as she does Victra “They rotted froo Why? For what?” She spits “For this” As I watch her froth with hate, she isn’t the monster I remember The powerful force that ate up my brother and faed It makes her so small to me, I can barely understand it e the hate from me