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"Stop! No!! Stop!"
"I'm right here! I'm the Aberrant Candidate you're looking for!"
The Aberrant Noble, Abalam, looked down with cold indifference.
She released her grip, dropping Waffel's battered and bloodied body onto the shore.
Waffel's face sank into the wet sand as the waves washed over her.
Step.
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Step.
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Step.
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Step
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Slowly, purple strings whipped out from the treeline, coiling tightly around Abalam's neck.
"Now, Kenth!" Nagi's voice screamed from the shadows.
Kenth burst from the bushes, closing the distance in a blurred sprint.
He lunged behind Abalam, pressing the barrel of his loom against the small of her back.
"BOOOOOM!"
A flash like a falling star illuminated the beach for a split second.
"Did... did we get her?" Emma stammered, clutching her side as she struggled to stand.
"No, you did not, "a cold voice replied in the cloud of dust.
Abalam vanished.
Before Kenth could even notice, she was now behind him.
