[Try again? Y / N]
Yes.
[FAILED]
[One attempt remaining.]
[Try again? Y / N]
What am I doing wrong? Damn it...
Maybe it's the corruption. Maybe Consume doesn't work on a soul that's already been chewed up by something else. Maybe I'm knocking on a door that was welded shut before I learned the word for it.
I'm betting everything. I don't know what will come next, so... Yes…
[FAILED]
[The Echo will be destroyed.]
Was I too stupidly greedy?
I sigh deeply.
Well. Nothing to do about that.
The Fragment dissolves in my palm like wet sand losing its shape. Cold granules run through my fingers and spill onto the marble.
A soul lived inside the Turtarex. I just let the last of it fall between my boots.
But I won't stop to mourn it. I can't. I feel sorry, but Oliver is breathing through cracked ribs, and Lola is already picking at the stitching on Lullaby's case, which means she's three minutes from doing something I'll regret.
Move.
