He felt no pain. No wounds. Only the weight of change, humming quietly beneath his skin.
Something tugged at him then. Not from the surface. Not from the sky. From below.
Arthur's eyes narrowed. The sea, still heavy with ruin, whispered to him. Not in words, not in thoughts, but in pull. The faint throb of Greed stirred in his chest, a quiet hunger echoing against the remnants of the deep.
He didn't question it.
He reached inward, not to summon strength to claim. The way a tide claims a shore. The way a grave claims a name.
Greed answered.