From Parvaneh's back, Tera pushed out her still-beating heart.
It pulsed weakly for a few seconds in the fairy's grip—red and glistening, wet with blood—then Tera squeezed it tightly.
A final, wet squelch... Then the heart burst between her fingers, blood dripping in thick lines to the ground.
"Hey, Tera, you really get on my nerves!" Titania whined, hands on her hips. "You care too little for human life."
"No, I loathe humans generally," she shook her hands to flick off most of the blood, droplets scattering across the dirt. "They hurt you for generations and you just sat there and took it. Humans are the most evil beings that need to be exterminated."
"I won't let that happen, you know," Titania frowned, her voice firm.
"And I will never realistically end the human race," Tera replied coolly, "Even if it could be as easy as turning off their life, like day tonight."
