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Neza hobbled from the center of circular stone walled room, with a floor covered in bodies, the brain-center like a proverbial cherry on top. She started feeling around the walls, eyes closed against the blood, to find anything, even the way that she came. Neza stood taller as Mei's spirit held hers up, though. Her face was grim, but it held the resolve needed to continue the mission. Neza understood too well the implications of failure. Her finger passed over a small divot; she wouldn't have recognized the inconsistency within the stone if she had complete sight. She pressed it, and her ears picked up that a hidden door was moving upward. She stumbled into the new opening and was surprised that there was no wall afterward. She was in another room already.
There was a slow clap from a far distance away. "Bravo, bravo!" the voice said sardonically.
"Save it." Neza spat some blood.
"Did you enjoy my little tomb of horrors?"
"I only waded through those pests so I can get the stone."
"You have come so far, but now there isn't anything left of you for me to play with."
"I'm not here to play."
"You've come here to die. The only thing holding you up is an insult to Tsukiyomi, my sister. I'll be taking that, of course."
"My Zae Gem? Never!" Neza already knew what it was like to have that ripped from her. She refused to feel that twice.
"You don't have a choice."
"I'm here to take the Stone. I've come too far to be denied."
"You're naive. I don't care how much you've endured; your efforts were for nothing. Continuing is pointless."
"Don't lecture me on the sunk cost fallacy. It doesn't apply here."
"One touch of my finger, one little poke, and I rip the life tainting the gem you call a heart."
"Is that why you're puppy guarding the Stone perched on your throne?" Neza insinuated. "Too scared of abandoning your leash?"
"I'll enjoy watching the life drain from your eyes!"
There was a slow clap from a far distance away. "Bravo, bravo!" the voice said sardonically.
"Save it." Neza spat some blood.
"Did you enjoy my little tomb of horrors?"
"I only waded through those pests so I can get the stone."
"You have come so far, but now there isn't anything left of you for me to play with."
"I'm not here to play."
"You've come here to die. The only thing holding you up is an insult to Tsukiyomi, my sister. I'll be taking that, of course."
"My Zae Gem? Never!" Neza already knew what it was like to have that ripped from her. She refused to feel that twice.
"You don't have a choice."
"I'm here to take the Stone. I've come too far to be denied."
"You're naive. I don't care how much you've endured; your efforts were for nothing. Continuing is pointless."
"Don't lecture me on the sunk cost fallacy. It doesn't apply here."
"One touch of my finger, one little poke, and I rip the life tainting the gem you call a heart."
"Is that why you're puppy guarding the Stone perched on your throne?" Neza insinuated. "Too scared of abandoning your leash?"
"I'll enjoy watching the life drain from your eyes!"