What on earth could Soren have done?
There is no logical answer to my question, no reasoning, that would make any outcome even a mildly rational one. Whatever factor had resulted in the amassing crowds of Sezeria being entirely absent when Soren created the final tier of the labyrinth was by no means a good one.
My heart pounds in my chest like a jackhammer, threatening to rocket out at any minute and land in the waiting grips of Fangorn's ragged hands. Slowly, he licks his pointed tongue over his lips.