"Stop it!" Nina cut them off from attacking Moon, and despite her own frown, despite her own fear, she stepped between them. "Moon has a reason. He always has a reason... Just trust him for two more seconds before you—"
"A reason?" Kayn wheeled on her. "It's a Surpasser Lesser Elf that has just powered up! There is no reason good enough for unleashing it at us!"
The team's voices rose over each other, the argument spilling out in raw fear, and none of them were watching the thing that mattered.
The northern commander, still grinning, had begun to walk toward them across the bloodstained snow.
Ever so slowly.
Moon finally spoke, his eyes never leaving the approaching commander.
