“My goodness… I can’t fucking believe it.”
alyx just watches
“you know, dennis, there’s more of us than there are you.”
“Something… I haven’t seen before.”
The fire surrounding Apprentice grows stronger and stronger.
“There is a mastermind. They were just correct in their way of dealing with the Knot. Correctly guessing them won’t solve anything, we’ll just have to do this again and again.”
apprentice now is not the time for self-immolation based protest
“But you know, Mr. Gildenblake… you’re not going to die. You’re just going to suffer… until the end. Can you feel it? Can you feel it? The… Eclipse?”
alyx sighs
“…Can I also go to the center?”
“…No. He made his choice.”
“oh, no, I have no intents on stopping him…”
wtf is going on
The scarring on Apprentice’s back grows more amd more visible as the fire continues.
“Ultimate Archer… why are you really doing this?”
alyx lets out a deep sigh
“Clotho…are you really going to just force me to watch this, when I want to join in?”
alyx shakes their head, disapprovingly
“…and here I thought you wanted to see something new.”
“Yes. Just… watch, hmm?”
“I… was supposed to be the Ultimate Pyromancer.”
“Awwww. Little boy wants to play with fire? Is that it?”
Dennis, either you’ve lost your mind… or I have. Because I think I know what’s happening here, but it’s batshit.