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You are the Herald of the Bright Epoch, plus all that other stuff. What happened to the Crown, anyways? Is the Wyrm's avatar wearing a little tiny Crown on Its plate-tectonic head? More likely it exploded or got absorbed or something. Just like you.
Maybe you'll have to get Ellery a present: if he had to get one thing in his life right, this was a pretty good one. What kind of present would he want? Um, he wants to die, you guess. What a terrible thing to wish for. You'll have to think about that one long and hard.
Later, though. You're still not dead, which is excellent, but you do seem to be stuck. Can you make at least a little forward progress? You hook your claws into something and press upward.
<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-r">MORE THAN AN IRRITANT. A DISGUSTING LITTLE WORM HAS INFECTED MY CHASSIS. CAN YOU HEAR ME, LITTLE WORM?</span></span>
Oh, crud. That got you even more noticed. Should you respond? Can you? Positive thinking. You screw yourself up. <span class="mu-i">Yes, and I will never—!</span>
<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-r">YOUR MISTAKE.</span></span>
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