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"Lure it? What are you talking about! Against something like that? We should just run!" Naneow's cry rang out as she sprinted ahead.
I agreed. There was no time to consider a word like lure, let alone to argue.
The Lurium guarded by that thing was probably there on the first floor, closer to a gas than a liquid. Perhaps, its true self still remained bound there as well.
No. The moment the mud had covered me, conjuring those grotesque memories, I knew. Somehow, I just knew, as if the knowledge had already been mine. Descending was impossible in this situation, meaning escape had to come first.
Yet, Isaac gleamed with fervor, sounding more excited than ever. "That thing is obsessed with you! What if you devour it instead?"
As he laughed in breathless excitement, I looked at him, stunned. "What are you talking about…?"
"You've already escaped it once… no, perhaps twice. The next time will only get easier." Isaac chuckled darkly.
There was no time to press for answers.
"Eat…"
The mud's voice seeped into me, its desire merging with mine. I wanted to seize Naneow and pin her down. To sink my teeth into her neck, and guzzle down her blood.
Could I resist? Could I truly escape? It wasn't...
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