iii.

Image: Where the previous narrator was, an empty cloak atop scattered ash. Two white teeth remain.
Image: Kay Lin takes his fangs as she asks a question; Addison backs away, Joce close behind.

“What? Wasn’t he bothering you?”

Image: Even Joce is wary, if a little baffled by Addison’s arm in front of her. Addison, deeply perturbed, points directly at Kay Lin, yelling:

“What is wrong with you?!”

Kay Lin doesn’t get it. Addison went with the little plan just now, didn’t she? (What plan?) She kept Caleb’s attention (he was already fixated!), then Kay Lin snuck in (yeah, and Addison would’ve gotten away sooner if she hadn’t been standing around like a goddamn weirdo—), and, look, he didn’t see it coming, bam, done. (“Done?!”)

Image: Addision still sputtering. Kay Lin’s hands are up again halfheartedly; she rolls her eyes, irritated.

“He’s not even gonna stay gone—”

Oh, that’s reassuring!

Image: Addision grabs Joce and starts pulling away.

“If you’re at all trustworthy, stay the hell away from us.”

Image: Joce hesitates.
Image: But away she turns.
Image: Up the stairs they go.

Image: Kay Lin stays behind.

The two humans vanish into warped darkness.

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