SILVER
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Tahu gasped in a final shock of pain as he pulled the last of Marendar's spines free of his torso, flung it away. Something was dripping on the dirt beneath him. He shuddered and readied himself, clasped a hand to his right side, cauterized it with a sickening flash of heat, then half-collapsed again, heartlight beating rapidly.
No more dripping. He raised himself at last, took a full breath for the first time in days. His mind was still hazy from long pain, but the removal of the suppressing rods made it easier, and he felt his elemental powers returning fully.
Ahead, the shattered husk of the Titan rose in sheer cliff upon sheer cliff, up into the sky. From this vantage, little could be seen of the dismantling efforts that had been started. Part of the head was in view, and one empty gulf of an eye stared straight out into the air. His teleportation had flung him many kio across the planet's surface, but finally he was almost there. And when he arrived....
It wouldn't matter. His powers were useless against the Hunter.
Everything had been.



