Cilian comes crashing toward James through the air, when suddenly, James vanishes.

  Cilian looks around, not knowing where James is.

  Until he hears James coming, he's flying straight toward him, too fast to react.

  James crashes into Cilian, fist straight into his gut.

  The impact makes Cilian vomit blood onto the ground.

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  Cilian falls violently onto the ground, struggling to breathe as blood floods out of his mouth.

  James floats down gracefully, looking down on Cilian.

  "Who's pathetic now?"

  Cilian chokes on his blood as he tries speaking.

  "Th-"

  "That w-..."

  "That was m... Mine..."

  Another wave of blood crashes out of Cilian's mouth before his eyes go from terrified and confused to cold and blank.

  James stares at the body.

  His hair, once flowing in the wind, is now soaked like a towel sitting in a pool of blood.

  James then snaps out of the trance he's in, flying back to Elaria.

  He needs to help.