Si put a finger on his chin, watching all of the people standing oddly still, despite seeming very much alive.
"Well, for what it's worth, even if my mind were to be stolen, so long as I eventually die, then I will regain my sanity. There has been a situation where I was controlled for a few months, but I eventually died and was able to get out unscathed. I suppose I'm simply trying to say don't try to come back for me. Several have died, forgetting that the consequences for them are different for me."
Just as he finished saying that, a metallic scratching sound rapidly came by. From behind a wall, a woman with black clothes wearing a needlessly large hat, shot over at blazing speeds, dragging along a bronze staff.
She took a diagonal path straight toward the tile where the two pawns were. The moment she landed, she twirled with the staff, slamming cleanly onto Jake's chest with a frightening crack.
