The darkness was almost complete now, Damian's consciousness nearly extinguished.
'Mom... Dad...'
The thought came distant, barely his own anymore.
'I still need to save them... They're trapped in that portal… waiting for me to get strong enough to–'
'Need to save them.'
'Save them.'
'Save–'
The old voice resounded again, but it was clearer now, almost victorious.
"Hehe... don't worry about your family, kid. I'll take good care of them."
A pause, filled with dark amusement.
"Especially that girl... Luna, is it? Such a beauty. I'll be sure to 'eat' her properly once I've settled into your body."
'Eat… her.'
The words echoed through Damian's fading consciousness.
'Eat… her.'
Distant, like hearing through water.
'Eat.. her.'
'Eat. her.'
Suddenly, the meaning behind the soul fragment's words crashed down–
'Eat eat eat eat–'
–And something deep inside Damian's soul stirred, responding to those words with primal fury.
