The standoff continued.
And finally.
When only ten minutes remained.
Lynn stared with dead-fish eyes and said:
"Fine, I'll trust you this once. But don't try anything, or we'll die together. I imagine you care even more than I do about what we're looking for."
The Flesh Dominator said coldly, "Agreed. We'll enter together. But I'm warning you, you'd better not try any tricks either."
The two put several hundred meters between them.
With extreme wariness and distrust, they approached the edge of the Abyss at the same time.
"I'll count to three, and we'll go in together."
Lynn spoke with his eyes closed.
The Flesh Dominator nodded. "Fine."
"One."
"Two."
"Three, go!"
An eerie breeze swept over their heads.
Neither showed any sign of moving.
Lynn sneered, holding up his torch. "I knew you were no good. One look told me you wanted to trick me into going in, then steal my Torch. Good thing I kept my guard up! Fuck!"
The Flesh Dominator said icily, "Likewise. You probably had the same idea from the start, you shameless human!"
"..."
"..."
[Ding! Trust between you and the Flesh Dominator has decreased to -200.]
Lynn gripped his Monocle and narrowed his eyes. "Fine. This time, we go in together. If you dare trick me again, I'll throw the Torch into my storage space before I die. I guarantee you'll never find it for the rest of your life. Understand?"
The Flesh Dominator said coldly, "Enough talk. We go in together!"
Time passed.
Finally.
Watching each other intently, the two stepped into the Abyss in sync, at almost exactly the same speed and in the same posture.
And almost instantaneously.
Chaotic whispers rolled in like a colossal storm, descending upon your consciousness in an instant and tearing madly at