Dextera has suffered a blow himself, but it’s nothing compared to the fight that’s been raging on above them. It seems as if the Kenoma have come out in full force to see this entity destroyed—and for what? What’s the point of it all? With no insight into the Regent’s desires, Dextera can see only selfish cruelty against a person and a creature who have each only tried to protect the things they care for.

He wants to say something. He wants to give Estinien some memory to hold onto, the way Dextera has always clawed himself back from the edge knowing that there’s something he must do.

But he can’t; Estinien is beyond them. There’s no mercy in the way his broken body is taken away by that strange dark sphere. Dextera just has to hope that what comes next is something they can handle.