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Ventrik and Tanya stand at the edge of a collapsed cityscape, looking down at the concentric layers below. A caption reflects that Tanya never made a sound as events unfolded.

The scene shifts back to the underground chamber where the creature fills the space. The walls crack and debris falls as the structure of the underground chamber begins to fail.

The ceiling of the chamber gives way. Silhouettes of armed figures and wights appear at an opening, suggesting activity on the level above as the collapse spreads.

In the next panel, one of the creature’s tendrils strikes upward, violently impacting a figure who smashes in the wall of the chamber. A second figure is struck by another tentacle and vaporizes.

The final panel returns to Ventrik observing a single tentacle trapped beneath debris, focused and composed as the destruction continues around him.