Breaks Crawler's Shard

A moment later he felt pain; it wasn't the good kind of pain that meant that he was getting stronger. He'd gotten used to that a long time ago and had come to appreciate it. This was something different. This was pain that was wrong, pain that shouldn't be.

It felt like his soul was being ripped out, and the pain was only getting stronger by the moment. He found himself spasming. It was like something was rooting down into his body and pulling out the very essence of himself. It hurt, and there was no rush of endorphins as his regeneration kicked in. Instead there was only pain, everlasting, ever increasing pain.

He screamed and he rolled around, his body crushing the insects around him even as they tried to fight back. He struggled, lashing out, but he was unable to locate the source of the pain, which seemed to come from the center of his body. Was there an invisible attacker somewhere nearby?

He couldn't think, all he could do was scream and lash out.

The pain seemed to last forever.

When it finally ended, he felt empty inside. There was something gone, something so integral to his being that he hadn't even realized that it had been there at all.

There was strange alien blood everywhere, and he could smell the strange scent of bugs all over him. It crowded out all other smells.

The girl appeared in front of him again, clapping.

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Eternity