With flames, the thrones crumbled slowly, trapping Ki's parents in the disaster.
Taku had come from nowhere, bumping into Belladonna as she tried to escape, while he headed straight into the fire to save the trapped Village Heads.
He was able to save them, but before he could find time to save himself, a log fell from above, knocking him down, while his yell of pain morphed into the screams that filled the night.
Everywhere had been thrown into chaos, everyone was tending to their business, running away, trying to survive the fire.
The screaming, the shouting, the running.
It was all too much for them to notice his own need for help.
It was chaotic.
Ki's parents had also forgotten Taku as the guards surrounded them to bring them to safety, the attention mostly on Ki's mother who had inhaled too much smoke and was now unconscious.
Ki was there too.
Well, the news of the fire must have spread.
