"Houses don't think," said Tyvar, half-laughing as he turned to follow her gaze.

"Yeah, well, apparently neither do elven princes, because here we are," said Zimone.

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burn

I know I should comment on what I've read rather than just snarking, but genre logic says Zimone dies first and Wanderer survives as Final Girl.

Instinctively, they reached for the warmth of their spark—not to flee, not to leave their allies behind, but to cup it in the hollow of their will, to feel its reassurance and know that their fate was not yet sealed. And, as had always been the case since the invasion, they found nothing where that tiny flicker of the Blind Eternities should have been, only void, a vessel too broken to contain anything but dust.

"I have every business. Without her, I'll never make it out of this house. I refuse to let my story end here, unfinished and untold."

"So you interfere out of selfishness."

Zimone looked at him unbelievingly. "Are you bragging about how hot you are? Like, right now?"

"Behold the power of math!" he proclaimed, turning and punching the cultist squarely in the face.