Kay cleared his throat, the sound unnaturally loud in the chamber's acoustic qualities. "Before you two start," he said, gesturing toward Arthur and Aziel, "let me fill you in on what happened on our end."
His deep voice rumbled through the dungeon as he recounted their experiences after the group's separation. Following Aziel's abrupt removal from the laboratory and Arthur and Jonas leaving after him, the remaining trio—Lara, Kay, and Jake—had embarked on their own desperate quest to reunite the fractured party.
"We went door to door," Kay explained, his hands gesturing to illustrate their methodical approach. "Must've gone through at least thirty different rooms."
His expression darkened, jaw tensing visibly beneath his unkempt beard. "Then we got unlucky. Really unlucky."
According to Kay's account, they had stumbled upon this very dungeon. The sheepman had been waiting. The battle that followed had been brutal and desperate, with Jake ultimately paying the ultimate price.
