Where on their way to exit monster town, the tension, horrific revealations and inexplainable anger causes the 2 skeletons' friendship to suddenly fall apart at once.

readers: Woah woah woah! How is the title related with the short description of this chapter?!

me: naaah. the title starts of as deception. when i gave you the titles of the future chapters, amongst them i wanted to cause a small deception if possible. you know, be like, "Phew, there's a chapter title that seems innocent". SIKE.

readers: *gulp and start reading*

Geno's POV:
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It's bad.

Really really bad.

There are soldiers everywhere. Me and Alter are getting persuaded and attacked the moment they spot us. It is completely annoying and making me nervous when they yell at us to stop, when they start shooting bullets at us. If I was alone to face all this, I don't know for how long I could stay focused and calm.

But then again, no matter how many humans are persuading us, no matter how many more guns they have and how many bullets they shoot at us and make it seem like we're outnumbered, surprisingly we're not outmatched.

And it's all mainly thanks to Alter.

I do my best in fighting, I can take one or two soldiers down on my own. But Alter literally destroys anyone who will try to fight him. I don't know what happened to him, but it's as if suddenly he awakened some inner beast he had in him and sleeping all this time. However his usual demeanor and calmness are still there.

It's complicated to explain how can he seem still calm while literally knocking out anyone who stands our way. The pupils inside his eyesockets hasn't stopped glowing blue, cyan, grey and white. Despite he's a large almost 7ft tall target, only 5 anti-magic bullets have managed to hit him and not even anywhere near his soul.

Mainly his arms. But they didn't stop him. They never seemed to restrain his energy. It's as if these bullets are empty for him! The only sign that shows they affect him is that he breaths a little more heavily, but his movements are still stable, fast and precise. If there's one thing that shocks me the most, that is how he fights in hand in hand combat now.

Back to the ship, if I was seeing him fighting or defending himself against some other pirate who wanted to annoy him, he would always make sharp small moves, mainly using his hands and sometimes moving his legs. Smiling and talking cheerfully as if he wasn't about to snap the pirate's arm if they kept squirming or trying to hit him.

Now he's a dead serious executioner.

He punches and kicks and even headbutts the soldiers he's closer to. Unecessary to say he has gotten a big pale blue spot on his forehead. No human's heads, necks, arms, stomachs, legs and a few unlucky groins remain safe from his hits if they get too close to him.

Thanks to being taller, he could also lift the soldiers with ease and throw them at other soldiers who might were coming at him. The way he dodges, it's as if he's dancing. He literally uses the opponent's attacks against them. Like, if someone was trying to pierce him with a spear, Alter would gracefully step aside, grab and pull the spear further and make the soldier stumble.

Then he would swipe him off his feet from behind. If someone attacks with a sword, he dodges, grabs the wrist and easily unarms his opponent. This is literally food for thought to learn and pick one or 2 moves from him.

Sometimes he would do something strange. He would hit the arms of his opponents in a specific way that would make the soldiers open their hands and drop their weapons. Then their limbs would fall... as if there weren't bones in there! As Alter explained to me, that was a technique he was taught by Bai, that Chinese rabbit monster.

"If you know your enemy even better than yourself, you can beat 'em without much effort. Bai had taught me that knowing the anatomy of your opponent helps you to know which spots can make one vulnerable. Make them disabled. And so, he showed me that hitting specific spots on the body can disable temporarily the movement of limbs. In just a few moves that spares you energy but you need to be precise where you hit."

What surprised me also a lot during our escape is his good aim. If a weapon from the ones he would use was empty, he was still making good use of it. He would simply throw it with deadly accuracy towards a soldier's head, knocking him out and uncoscious. When shooting, it was as if he knew exactly where he wanted to shoot and would mainly injure legs or hands. Never any vital spot. He quite abruptly declared that to me:

"If possible Geno and in my control, I w œ π ' τ take a life. Not today, not ever, I already ð ə s ρ ı s ə myself for holding weapons and drawing the blood of our opponents, injuring them!" He had growled as he loaded another gun he had taken from a soldier.

During all this crazy combat he was rather calm, but once I asked him jokingly if he misses purposely, his mood suddenly turned upside down and he was again agressive to me. I will need this day as a reminder in case I ever forget how scary this skeleton can be.

"Where did you learn doing all that with the guns?!" I had ask him at another point of our escape.

"Doctor Ramirez convinced me that I don't have to take a life if I learn using weapons. Just to slow down or restrain someone would be enough. I still don't like it that I'm causing pain to the humans, but better than actually killing and having that burden in my soul."

Even if he was being violent, he had still the behavior and manners of the priest I knew. But that wouldn't stay for long as...

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No one's POV:
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"This skeleton is crazy!"

"He fights as if he is a whole army!"

"It's as if our bullets are nothing to him!"

The soldiers would yell and complain, in pain as they were accepting medical treatment and healing magic from 2 little groups of humans and monsters that had scattered to find the pirates. In one of the 2 was the Infernal siblings and Atalanta. They were listening to what the soldiers were saying as they were healing the injured humans.

"Oi! Come from this side and heal us too already you oversized reptile!" A soldier yelled rudely to a male gecko in the size of a 10-year-old from the second group. The monster was about to go towards the soldier. But Tefra stopped him.

"Ðœ yœu pərhæps wænt tœ gət həæłing łæst? Keep complaining ænđ I'łł just łət yøu ın træđıtıønal məđıcał trəætmənt æmıgø. Æπð γœυ wœπ'τ łικə ιτ ιf | ðœ ιτ." Tefra spat to that soldier with a look that was discouraging you from keep being a jerk. The soldier who complained looked down in fear bur also anger. "Take your time to heal them. Don't run after anyone who complains. They are men, they can handle the pain frøm whæt | rəməmbər thəm cønstæntły sæying før thəmsəlvəs." The small goat continued more calmly, talking to the gecko, who nodded shakily but on the last words she looked at the soldier with condemn.

She kept listening to what the soldiers were saying. They wouldn't stop talking about the tall skeleton. How fast and dangerous and agressive and and and... Yeah. She had gotten the point. Interestingly enough however there was not once any mentioning of fire magic.

"Any magic?" Pyros asked at some point.

"Just some bones and blue magic, but he would just take us out with his bare hands!"

"And our weapons!"

"Any deaths?" It suddenly occurred to Tefra. There was blood and injured soldiers, yes. But dead ones?

"As far as I know, none Senhora Tefra." A soldier answered.

"He's not... killing?" Tefra thought confused. Any pirate or criminal for that matter would just straight up kill anyone who stood their way. But Guido, or whatever his real name was? He just injured them.

"We intent not to harm anyone. That, as long as you stay out of our way. Please, don't go after him and his partner Senhora Infernal! They're dangerous! They're both from the Reapers!"

A monster witness had said that from before, hearing the tall skeleton's clear declaration and warning to the monsters that were standing near, after him and his small partner were exposed to the public. Surprisingly enough, no one had understood anything, until the smaller skeleton fell off the taller, being previously on his back pretending to be... the taller's hump.

"Raposa astutas..." The goat thought as she recalled than memory and momentarily smiled. How such peculiar plan had covered successfully the 2 skeletons for a while! "But no matter the danger, there's still a duty to complete. Whether from the most unknown pirate crew, whether the husks of the Night Ship, we shall stop them." She thought. She felt someone standing next to her.

She turned her head and saw Atalanta with a kind of hesitant and awkward posture. They didn't speak for a while as the goat just focused on healing an uncoscious soldier's head, with a huge bruise on the right of his face, assumingly whether a punch, whether a kick. The mermaid was healing his side, badly bruised, definitely had accepted a good hit there.

"... He's really holding back." Atalanta finally started. Tefra hummed. But didn't speak. "... But little by little he slips. He started off with some smoke. Now? Now, he's breaking anyone's bones if they try to stop him." She exhaled. "... Tef. I know too, we can't stop. Not until we find and capture the skeletons. But when we face them, no matter what, don't provoke the taller and don't touch the smaller. If Guido snaps... if he har m s y o u o r P y r o s..." Surprised, Tefra looked at the mermaid, who seemed ready to have a breakdown, her expression filled with panic. She made her stand up and they walked away from the soldier, having had healed him efficiently to find his senses.

"Atalanta? Are you..."

"Don't! Don't even say it. Damnit..." The mermaid growled and looked away. Her fists were shaking. "I can't feel this way now... this is nonsense!"

"Atalanta, you can't control that fear. For you mermaids it's natural. Guido... yes, he possesses the one element that can harm you the most. But-"

"I've lived with you for so long and I still can't stop it! And it's not like only I will be harmed if he does nοt contain his emotions!" Atalanta held Tefra from her shoulders. "Fire is your natural element Tefra! But his fire? It... it can kill even the most fire resistant if rage gets the best of him!"

"Atalanta!" Tefra cut her. "We'll be careful. You informed us of what he's capable to do if as you say he looses control completely. But it will be fine. We stick together even in the toughest of times." She said and nodded. Atalanta looked at her still a little panicked. But soon she sighed and clenched her teeth.

"NGAH! Yes damnit! We must stick together!" The 2 women smiled at each other.

"Babe, come help me please! This human is way too bruised!" Pyros was heard. Atalanta nodded one last time to Tefra and went towards her husbando. The goat watched her leaving and went to heal another soldier.

While healing, her mind went again to Al- eeerm Guido for her. Again their conversation, all the days they interacted, all the times... he became violent. This man knew how to keep calm, but when it came to Eugenia, or Genocide, he was showing some other unexpected colors. Colors which he was showing again and as Atalanta claimed could get worse if further provoked.

"If I can't approach him in a battle, could I even negotiate with this skeleton? Hard to believe Tefra, violent or not, strangely merciful enough to not kill anyone, he's a pirate." She thought and exhaled from her nose. When she was done with the soldier she stood and walked a little further ahead. There were more soldiers further. "Imagine if we're gonna end up finding them by the trails of injured soldiers Guido leaves behind. Heh... Or could I?" The small goat looked behind her sharply.

Everyone was way too busy healing and listening to the soldiers. She looked again ahead and started walking further away. Yes, she was about to break the words she had told Atalanta just a while ago and going by herself for a possibly dangerous solo search.

"If I can slow the skeletons down at least, the others will manage to catch up faster. But it's not just that. There are specific questions I want to ask and answers to find..."

Geno's POV:
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It was my fault.

I started it.

I spoke too fast and he had every right then to be angry at me. Dissapointed. Look at me with condemn. But I could never expect his next reactions...

First it began with me and Alter finally going to hide and stop running for a while. We went to a dark alley to rest and catch our breaths. Especially Alter. He was in a painful condition. A real bullet had found his left arm, his good one.

All because of an attempt to abruptly pull me out of the aim of a human's weapon and instead of finding me, it found Alter's arm. He quickly slammed him against a building with blue magic knocking him out but then he started lightly jumping while his face and clenched teeth were showing him in immense pain.

He was leaning against the wall holding his injured arm, clenching his teeth and shutting his eyesockets tightly, but wouldn't allow any sound to escape his mouth. He was breathing irregularly and hasn't stopped bleeding. There had to be something I could do. F*ck Geno! You barely fought and wasted your magic, mainly dodging and helping Alter when there were way too many soldiers but he did almost everything!

...

Of course, I thought I could try to heal him. I hadn't heal before. I hadn't find any reason to do so, for anyone. But I had to try and help a friend in need. And so I stood to Alter's left.

"Alter sit down." He looks at me still in pain but confusion. The colors inside his eyesockets are glowing in strange patterns, clearly he's in an unstable condition. He doesn't respond. "I... I wanna try heal ya. Please, sit down, you'll only get more dizzy if you stay up." I tried to convince him.

Eventually Alter slid down and became almost a ball of bones and rags as he showed me his arm. I had immediately looked away when I lifted the sleeve, feeling my nonexistent stomach already twisting. There was a literal bullet hole on his arm, it pierced through it!

"Don't bother... yourself. Thanks for the thought however." He told me slowly and looked to the other direction ready to pull his arm away from me.

"No no! Just let me try." I insisted. Alter then didn't look at me but gave me again his arm.

"Focus your thought and magic on the wound. Picture how the arm was before getting shot." He adviced me.

I looked at the bullet wound and placed my fingers just around it, not touching it. I closed my eyesocket and tried to heal. A few seconds later I actually had started feeling something happening, like I was getting drained by my magic a little. I had think I was healing him! I opened again my eyesocket to look at what I was doing.

Instead I saw a man wearing a hood that covered his whole face. Also covered in dark clothing. The environment was suddenly different. Darker. It felt colder. The man suddenly moved his arm back. He was holding something like a snake. A little too late I realised what it was. The very next moment I saw the man moving forward and a whip attacked my face.

"Geno!" Alter yelled at me. I had fallen backwards and crawled back looking at him shocked. Everything was normal again. What was that?! Where did the man go???

"There was a man wearing black!" I said. Alter looked at me shocked, his eyesockets going empty.

"H œ w m υ c η ð ı ð j æ s ə ə ?" He asked me. I looked at him both scared and confused.

"Just a man... hitting me with a whip! And it was suddenly dark! But when I stopped touching you it all was back to where we are." I revealed. I stood up and approached Alter again. "Well, shall I keep trying to heal you-?"

"Ð œ π ' τ τ o υ c η m ə ə v ə r æ g æ ı π."

What?

"Did I hurt you or something?" I asked.

"No. You barely healed anything actually. But don't. Just ð œ π ' τ. Stay away." Alter told me. Panic, fear, rage all at once in his voice and expression. He stood up quickly. A little too quickly cause he stepped back and slammed himself against the wall dizzy. He covered his face and groaned. At that moment I saw something falling from the pocket of his cloak. A paper. I picked it up and looked at it.

I wish I hadn't looked at it.

"Altər?" I asked and showed him the poster. I waited for Alter to look at it. Immediately his eyesockets widened up and started shaking as he frantically searched his pockets, confirming that the poster had slipped off.

"G ə π œ..." He said slowly. I clenched the paper in my hand. I didn't know what I was feeling in the moment but definitely not anything good. Turns out there's WAY more things I didn't know about Alter. I had think then. As if Alter wasn't already hiding enough, now this?!

"... It wasn't something that was about us. Rather someone else."

"... Some criminal. I just said I have no clue 'bout 'em..."

He had hid things again from me. But this time he had a very good reason to hide 'em! Is it possible I was so wrong about him? I just glared at him.

"Why does this poster say you're a murderer?"

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No one's POV:
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Tefra was staring down on the ground thoughtful. The first tracks she followed were of the injured soldiers. Taking always similar answers of who beat them up. She didn't even need to ask anyways. However from some point after, the soldiers started becoming less and less. Less witnesses who could tell her where the skeletons had taken off to.

Tefra was about to start getting discouraged from her search. She was already further ahead of the group she was in. But soon she would be lucky. As she had finished healing a soldier, the moment she was about to stand up and walk away, the other held her from her wrist momentarily.

"Lady Infernal..." He said slowly and Tefra just looked at him, waiting for what he wanted to say. "... Before getting knocked out, I actually shot the tall one. I don't think him and his partner went too far away."

This was providential.

"Where did you shoot him?" Tefra asked with new hopes to keep searching.

"I actually wanted to aim at the smaller skeleton. But the other pulled him away and I think I shot his arm."

"Alright." The small goat nodded and started walking around. "If injured, then he must have left some blood trail behind. Mixed with all this human blood will be a little tricky to spot it, unless I..." Tefra closed her eyes, exhaled and when she opened them again they were dark with 2 orange rings inside of them. Suddenly her vision was different. She wasn't seeing things as they were. She was seeing everything blurry. Except from the humans' souls, she could see them clearly. Not too long after, she saw some small stains on the ground glowing clearly and intensively blue. She approached them and smiled triumphantly. "That's definitely Guido's magic." She could remember the sensation and aura of his magic well. Especially that day when he saved her from getting hit by the glass. When he started bleeding... Tefra rubbed the back of her head and looked away. But soon a new thought got her attention. The pupils on a monster skeleton are usually white. But there are cases where because of high levels of magic, depending on the type and color, the pupils can not be white. "If Guido's eyesockets are green, which consequently drives to a high level of green-colored magic, why am I seeing the stains blue-? Magic vial!" She smacked her head in the realization and quickly looked again ahead. The stains were continuing further. She looked behind her and after she informed the soldiers that more help would soon come for them too, she followed the bloodstains.

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Alter looked away silent. Geno approached closer.

"There's nothing I need to say."

"Nothing to say?!" Geno yelled. "What the Hell Alter?!"

"Keep quiet Geno."

"No- why-?!" The smaller sighed loudly. "Amongst so many other things you haven't tell me about yourself, this! This had a very good reason to stay hidden, didn't it? What on earth!"

"This is a lie Geno." Alter said and placed his hands on his face.

"So you mean this is not you on the poster!" Geno scoffed. "Truly the cassock doesn't make the priest after all. The Government of Portugal has your face and is looking for ya, for 10.000 gold!"

"Obviously cause I'm a pirate." Alter said.

"No! There is no way they give so much gold for a pirate, even for someone like you, considering in who's crew you're in. Besides, it doesn't even mention you as a pirate here! It calls you-!"

"I didn't do anything..." Alter said quietly.

"Æłtər, ənøugh!" Geno growled. "This time I'm really gonna abuse your role here! As your prince, I demand an explanation of why in this poster they call you a murd-!"

"¡NŒ §Œ¥ UN ƧƏ§!NŒ!"

Alter turned and punched the wall, piercing through it. Geno stepped back surprised. The priest turned to face the smaller. His teeth clenched, the colors inside his eyesockets even more intensive and his fists seemed capable at the moment to obliterate stones if given the chance. His left one bleeding from punching the wall but didn't care.

"Uh oh..."

"Yøu wαnτ τhə τruτh prıncə? V ə r γ w ə ł ł." Alter started approaching with slow steps. For each, Geno was taking a step back. "I wæs fræməđ. §œməœnə hæđ pınnəđ ª crımə œ π m ə | didn't ə v ə π ð œ, whıch whən ıt hæppənəđ, | wæs fær æwæy. ßut guəss whæt? Rather w η œ? R æ γ m œ π ð! Hə hæđ ª ɓıg prøɓłəm wıth MƏ spəcıfıcæłły, mørə thæn æny øthər məmɓər øf my fæmıły. Rəməmɓər thə łıttłə humæn | məntıønəđ whø cæmə tø thə vıłłægə? It wæs HI§!" Geno stopped stepping back and so did Alter, who had lowered his head.

"... What?" The smaller whispered.

"Hə əχıłəð hıs øwn ɓłœœð, cæusə hə wæntəđ ª søn, ɓut ınstəæđ gøt ª kıđ øf unđətərmınəđ gənđər. Hə sənđəđ 'əm tø thə mønstərs thınkın' thəy'łľ gət κıłłəđ. ßut whən hə ləærnəđ thəy wərə æłıvə, hə usəđ 'əm før hıs sıck sædıstıc płæns. Hə gæthərəđ sømə ınfø, tøłđ 'əm tø gət Sæmæəł æwæy frøm thə vıłłægə ænđ đræg hım cłøsər tø thə Cæpıtæł. Thrəætənıng tø kıłł æłł mønstərs øf my vıłłægə ıf thəy wərən't hurryıng. Thə kıđ đıđ ıt. Whən mə ænđ Nørđ wərə cløsər tø Lısbøn, ıτ wæs τœœ łæτə. | η æ ð..." Alter raised head and the tears were running down his cheeks, but his expression was furious. "... | η æ ð t ø w æ τ c η m γ γ œ υ π g ə s τ ɓ r œ τ h ə r đ υ s τ ι π g IN MY ARMS!"

Geno shivered badly.

"Oh God..."

"Hə wæs wæłkıng tø øur đırəctıøn ıπjυrəð, ɓłəəðıπg, wıth rıppəđ cłøthəs ænđ hıs đust æłrəæđy fłyıng øff hım. Høłđıng thə kıđ, ðəæð, wıth ª słιτ πəcκ. Hə cœłłæpsəđ thə mømənt hə cæłłəđ øur næməs. Wə cøułđn't həłp hım. I wæs høłđıng Sæmæəł ænđ thə đəæđ humæn ın my ærms æs my brøthər wæs łəævıng thıs wørłđ. It really hurts, hə sæıđ bəførə đustıng cømpłətəły..." Alter paused again and lowered head taking a shaky deep breath. "... I wαs scrəαmıng... I wαs just scrəαmıng αnđ cryıng whıłə Nørɗ støøđ møtıønłəss bəsıđə mə, sıłənt." When he raised again his head his expression was even more furious than before. "N Œ ₩ wə gət tø thə ıπτərəsτıπg ρært, prıncə Gənøcıđə. Før thə nəxt mønths thə whøłə vıłłægə just grıəvəđ ænđ grıəvəđ thə dəæths øf Sæmæəł ænđ thə łıttłə humæn. I wæs just đrøwnıng ın my sørrøw, błæmıng mysəłf əæch ænđ əvəry sıngłə đæy før thəır đəæths. If ønły I hæđ unđərstøøđ søønər whæt wøułđ hævə hæppənəđ, ıf-... sœ mæπγ if's. Əxcəpt N¤rð. It wæs æs ıf hıs əyəsøckəts wərə ıncæpæɓłə øf təærs. Hıs əxprəssıøn tøughər thæn ª stønə's. Ænđ I wæs ª føøł to ɓəłıəvə thæt hə wæs just bəıng strøng før thə bøth øf us! Mæny dæys hə wøułđ əxıt thə vıłłægə ænđ dıssæpəær ın thə førəst. Sæyıng hə wæs gøıng før frəsη æır. Nø ønə wøułđ quəstıøn hım før whæt hə wæs døıng. Ønə đæy høwəvər, hə rəturnəđ ænđ hıs shırt hæđ rəđ stæıns øn thə słəəvəs. I øbsərvəđ mørə cłøsəły æs I wæs gøıng tø wæsh ıt æłøng øthər đırty cłøthəs. I cøułđ hævə thøught hə hæđ gøttən ınjurəđ søməwhərə, but thıs... τηıs wæsπ'τ ηıs ɓłœœð."

"What do you mean?" Geno asked, deep inside starting to understand where this was going.

"I chəckəđ thə stæıns. Thəy wərən't øf mønstər błøøđ. It wæs ηυmæπ ɓłøøð." The pupil inside Geno's eyesocket dissapeared.

"Don't tell me he was..."

"I stærtəđ føłłøwıng hım frøm thæt đæy førwærđ. Kəəpıng ª sæfə đıstæncə sø hə wøułđn't sənsə my æppəæræncə. Før mæny đæys I wøułđ just səə hım wæłkıng ænđ nøthıng əłsə. ßut æftər sø løng, thən... ª łøst vısıtør gøt ın thə wæy. Ænøthər humæn kıđ. Æ łıttłə bøy." Alter placed hands on his face. "£ør humæns ıt ıs sæđły quıtə ª cømmøn thıng tø æbænđøn kıđs thəy cæn't ør đøn't wænnæ ræısə. Whəthər cæusə thəy hævə tøø mæny æłrəæđy, tø nøt łøøsə søurcəs fæst... Mæny rəæsøns. Wəłł, thıs kıđ rəæłły łøøkəđ æbænđønəđ. Łıkə ıt nəəđəđ həłp. I wætchəđ bəhınđ ª trəə. Nørđ just støøđ møtıønłəss ænđ łøøkəđ æt thə kıđ. I cøułđn't səə hıs əxprəssıøn, but hıs cłənchəđ fısts wərə æłrəæđy teəłłıng mə søməthıng wøułđ gø vəry wrøng. Før mæny sıłənt səcønđs hım ænđ thə bøy stærəđ tø əæch øthər. Thə kıđ hæđ smıłəđ! ßut thən, Nørđ spøkə. Hə sæıđ thæt hə wøulđn't æłłøw such grıəf ænđ suffərıng tø strıkə thə mønstərs əvər ægæın by thə humæn kınđ. ßəførə I cøułđ rəæct, hə ræısəđ hıs hænđ ın thə æır, surrøunđəđ by æuræ. Thə vəry nəxt mømənt, τηə κıđ wæs ρıərcəđ bγ mæπγ ρøıπτγ bøπəs rısıπg frœm τηə grœυπđ. Hıs błøøđ wøułđ run đøwn thə bønəs ænđ stæın thə łøw græss."

Geno felt sick and placed a hand in front of his mouth.

"No way..."

"YƏ§ wæγ." Alter growled. "I just scrəæməđ ₩HY? Nørđ turnəđ tø łøøk æt mə shøckəđ, øff guærđ. I æpprøæchəđ, I wæsn't thınkıng. I just ræısəđ hænđ ænđ punchəđ hım, mækıng hım fæłł øn thə grøunđ. I æpprøæchəđ thə bøy, nøt thə slıghtəst øf lıfə ınsıđə hım ænymœrə. I œpənəđ ª hœłə ænđ gævə hım æn æs prøpər burıæł æs pøssıbłə. Yøu wøułđ thınk thæt æftər §æmæəł's đəæth, I wøułđ stıłł bə thıs sənsıtıvə ın frønt øf ª kıđ's đəæth. But æt thə mømənt I wæs mørə æ π g r γ. I đıđn't hævə tımə før təærs səəıng ænøthər stıłł ınnøcənt søuł gøıng tø thə æftərłıfə. Nørđ wæs just stændıng ænđ wætchıng mə. Whən I turnəđ tø łøøk æt hım, I đıđn't knøw ıf I wæntəđ tø bury hım wıth my øwn hænđs tøø, ør... I đunnø. I just æskəđ ıf thæt bøy wæsn't hıs ønły vıctım. Hə đıđn't rəspønđ. Hə łøøkəđ æwæy. I ınsıstəđ, I førcəđ hım tø øpən hıs møuth, łøøk mə ın thə əyəsøckəts ænđ τəłł mə thə truth. 5 mœrə ɓəfœrə τηæτ ɓœγ ρrıπce. 5. §œυłs. Mœrə."