[The phantom sword vanished before it ever reached its master, shattering into flickers of light that evaporated into nothing.]
[In truth, Somnus was no longer thinking in terms of mercy or cruelty; there was just defeat her screaming in his head. It had to be done. For her sake, for everyone’s sake, the monster before him had to be slain. No matter who they were, no matter the emotional weight borne for millennia, he had to do what was right.]
[There was no thought given to remembering what Bryn had feared, only reflex and his favored elemancy. That which banished the dark and cold of the night, which scoured a plague from the earth wherever it could be found.]
[Somnus threw his hand forward, and Firaga raged through the solarium in a bursting conflagration.]
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[In truth, Somnus was no longer thinking in terms of mercy or cruelty; there was just defeat her screaming in his head. It had to be done. For her sake, for everyone’s sake, the monster before him had to be slain. No matter who they were, no matter the emotional weight borne for millennia, he had to do what was right.]
[There was no thought given to remembering what Bryn had feared, only reflex and his favored elemancy. That which banished the dark and cold of the night, which scoured a plague from the earth wherever it could be found.]
[Somnus threw his hand forward, and Firaga raged through the solarium in a bursting conflagration.]