MS Scion

> > Glaistig Uaine ducked back into the portal, and the shapeshifter I’d left on the ground hit the button.

> > The portals around Scion slammed shut, and he disappeared from my mind’s eye.

> > It left the shapeshifter locked in the same world as Scion.

> > An obstacle, a speed bump at best.  I was sacrificing lives for that purpose, putting capes in harms way, and leaving that one cape in an isolated world with Scion nearby.  I’d decided to spend a life that lacked strength over the life of a monster.

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> > The explosives were halfway to ground when I had Alexandria use another dimension switch to force the portals closed.

> > [...]

> > Scion emerged from the other world, having broken down the barrier we’d set.  Fragments of Alexandria’s body tumbled to the ground, more like a statue than flesh.  He had to flex his hand and use his power to free it of the left side of her skull.

> Speck 30.5