"Curse you for forcing this choice upon me," you reply. "But if one of us must die…then let it be Tihana."
"As you wish," says Dugu with a sneer. He gestures to his followers for Tihana to be brought forward, and they drag her before the giant bandit.
Tihana is forced to her knees once again. As she looks up at Dugu, the bandit swings his sword with two hands, slicing through flesh and bone and separating her head from her body, which falls lifelessly to the ground. Dugu stoops and picks the head up by the hair, holding it out for you to see. Vanya looks away, but the bandits grab his head and twist it around, forcing him to watch.
"This is what becomes of those who oppose us," snarls Dugu. "You might have been spared for now, but do not think that any fate better than this awaits you. If anything, when you are delivered to Zhan-Ukhel, your death will be worse."
He throws Tihana's severed head down on the ground and signals to the guards, who drag you and Vanya back into your cages. Tihana is left where she fell, her blood staining the ground.
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