"...KNOW...OF...US."
Just as those words left him, Tarek quivered violently, and purple veins bulged all over his body.
"W-What?!" Rion staggered back as dread coiled around him. He fell and watched Tarek's body twist inhumanely with a terror-stricken face.
Tarek's eyes turned red. His skin burned and tore apart and became similar to dark leather. The ends of his fingers became like dark jagged claws, and his hair elongated before bleaching into white.
Even though blood was pouring down the cracks and tears all over his body, he still had a smile. A wide smile. A terrifyingly cruel smile.
He or The Remnant looked down at Rion with eyes that seemed curious and asked in a sonorous voice, "What... art thou?"
The words left their lips like a melodious chime but Rion didn't answer. He couldn't answer.
