"What are you doing, Ned?" Twali said after blocking another attack from Ned.
Ned's response was another slash of his Butterfly.
This made the werewolf growl in irritation.
"Clearly you've been consumed," he said, "by that black energy. Then you left me with no choice."
Twali howled, and purple mana came bursting out his chest, his fur illuminated with purple light as the energy kept on flowing out his body. He moved, leaving afterimages to where he once stood, and appeared behind Ned and hit him with an open thrust.
Ned was thrown toward Moloatiss. They both rolled and ended up in a tree.
Ned shook his head after the attack. His eyes were adorned with consciousness as the black energy faded away from his face. "You?" He said. "I… what am I doing?"
'And so the puppy came,' the voice said. 'Bastard.'
Ned jumped off Moloatiss in surprise at the voice. "You!" Ned shout of rage. "Rassus!"
