"You should have left when you had the chance." His voice was hoarse, scarcely recognizable anymore.
Kali laughed. "You're welcome to come down and make me regret staying."
Albert's gaze moved between them, his expression contorting with fury.
"Don't mistake this for a victory. This changes nothing." Blood slipped between his clenched teeth, but his voice carried clearly across the valley. "My people will leave this prison. You have merely ensured that I won't offer you another chance to surrender."
A dark fissure opened behind him.
'He's leaving.'
"Kali!"
She hurled a rotating spear of hardened silk toward his chest. A barrier flashed into existence, shattering beneath the impact, but Albert had already fallen backward into the opening.
Its edges snapped shut behind him, leaving only a few droplets of blood suspended in the fading light.
Kali stopped, staring at the empty sky.
"Coward."
