Kai coughed blood and grinned at the trapped goddess, red trailing from the corner of his mouth.
"What have I done, you ask?" he rasped, wiping his bloodied chin with the back of his sleeve. "In case you didn't notice, I've been getting stronger. Smarter, too. Made something similar in the Citadel. I've created barriers that imprison souls. Prevented them from escaping me so I could store every single one of them. Genius, if I do say so myself. Figured it might work just as well on gods…" he raised his eyes to hers, "in borrowed flesh."
The goddess-inhabited Mari glared at him, her golden irises pulsing with dying light.
Kai tilted his head, almost with curiosity. "If only you'd come down with your real body. You might've actually won. But instead…"
He limped forward a step. "You'll die. The end."
