Until she’s screaming. A soldier has a dagger in his hand that now drips with blood. The woman is sobbing, her arms still held back, but her ear…the top half is now missing, a chain left to dangle from her lobe as blood pours out. “Emonie!” A man with blue and white hair behind her shouts her name and tries to get to her, shoving at another armored soldier. One second, he’s trying to get to her. The next, there’s a sword poking out through his chest. He looks down at it, like he’s surprised to see it there.
