"What the fuck?" Thorn stepped forward. "Is that even possible?"
"Apparently." Ren stared at Vesper's body. A soul was growing. Not fast enough to be instant, but not slow enough to take a long time.
"So, what do we do?" Lilith asked.
"If we kill his body, he still comes back. I already tried that." Ren said. And if we rip out his soul, he grows a new one. This must be because he's tied to the Red Tree."
Thorn frowned thoughtfully, staring at Vesper's body.
"Guys?" Elias spoke up from where he stood before the Blood Chosen's cell. "Can we focus on this for a minute?"
"Oh. Yeah." They all turned back to the door.
The door to the Blood Chosen's cell could be described as cold. Not just metaphorically, but literally.
Elias placed a hand on it and hissed, drawing it back. "It's freezing."
"An effect of the resonance defenses." Ren said as he placed a hand on it, feeling the searing cold. But he could also feel the vibration of the door. Resonances of containment.
