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"That rules out the Reverse World, I guess," muttered Brisa, leaning into Starr a little. Thank fuck, that place held nothing but her shittiest fucking memories. "But fer all we know he could be sneakin' around just about any place we've been. Can Chip cook up some means of detection...?"

Brisa gave a grim nod. "How many lives, Diyem?" she asked, softly. She took a shallow breath. "I just wanna know if you know."

"Is there a motherfucker on this planet what don't turn into a charizard...?"

"Thanks, pal. Kudos t'ya on findin' S'more's soul," said Brisa, to Joule. She turned to Diyem. "Does this mean we can return him t'normal?" She scratched her cheek fur and tilted her head. There were a score of questions for every answer on this planet... At some point, a migraine had begun...

You're imperfect, flawed.

Time to take a risk.

You know who you are.

Brisa skewed her mouth, at once hopelessly sympathetic and deeply frustrated. "Not t'delegitimise yer existential angst, Maple, but yer record of savin' worlds is a strong indicator that you're a bein' apart from Dark Matters, even were it not fer yer other components. We're gettin' real...

Brisa nodded. It was a good question. "It's good to have ya safely – and sanely – back with us, ma'am. But y'needn't humble yerself about it right now. I reckon we'd all like t'hear an explanation of yer true nature, and how events came to pass."

Luz spun, as did her head. Things just kept getting wilder! "Look, y'all, let's take Blade's advice serious and get outta here. C'mon!" She glanced back at Eternatus Blade, perplexed, but then went about hurrying bruised and exhausted teammates to the portal.

"M-moron, huh?" said Brisa, laughing through her tears. "Maybe so, but I ain't wrong." She returned Starr's hug, pulling herself close, and shuddered with relief. Elsewhere in the void, there was light, sound, movement, urgency. They'd get to that. First, they could have this. It was gonna be okay.

"Starr..." Brisa's cheeks tensed at the prickling feeling in her eyes that warned of tears. Gods, the pain in Starr's voice. Had it really been this bad, all this time, since before they'd even made things right between them? Hell, when Brisa had expressed practically that very sentiment...

She put a paw out to touch Starr's shoulder, to say I'm here, really here, and I ain't leaving. An odd impulse crossed her mind to heal her, but she didn't have that power. Maybe it wasn't in her nature. Instead, she drew closer to Starr, not looking away, not flinching from the absolute dread...

Starr was beaten. Hurting. Hardly able to get words out. But she had survived, gods damnit, she'd survived. "I know," said Brisa, crouching low to speak to Starr at eye level, to be closer to her. "It's okay. I'm okay." Every part of her hurt. Her eyes threatened to shut. Her muscles burned...

"Starr!" Brisa ran towards the site of Starr's collapse, wishing, again, that she could be in more than one place at once. Ten places at once. I can go to Astrid, came the voice of Sombra, in Brisa's skull. I can go to Maple, came the voice of Luz, sending from her core. Fine. Luz melted...

Then kill me. Prove me wrong. Brisa bowed her head, and vowed to survive.

Team Spectrum vs Maple Turn 6 Messages

Brisa looked up at the colossus bearing down on her, and still was unafraid. "But you are ashamed," she gasped, pain making the words come out raw, bleeding. "You care that you hurt people." When she gets through this, she'll have hurt you the way she hurt people before. She'll hate herself...

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