Leviathan turned, and behind her, Amarena saw Halie, bruised and battered, her arms and legs replaced with shaded spaces like blankets of night around her flesh. The rest was hidden by her armor.
"Amarena... it took you long enough," Leviathan chuckled. "I had thought you were defeated by this usurper... But here you are. How?"
"What is this?" Amarena asked. "You died. I saw it!"
"I thought I'd sent you away... Ah, Maledict must have been watching." She stepped away from Halie, but kept her side to the woman. A mark of respect, coming from Leviathan. "You've grown... but your power is taking your life, as I feared. That is the price of controlling something you don't understand... But how are you here?"
"This giant is my opponent," Amarena stepped between Leviathan and Halie. The latter looked up at her weakly. "We were fighting..."
