Thread:Stardust the IceWing-RainWing/@comment-35137341-20190226003414/@comment-38158014-20190310142738

First off, some things you should know:

1) I don't think I'm going to rewrite ALitD at this point, so I'll be reusing Zonda and her concept.

2) The "bottle" I mention is filled with lightning. It acts like a grenade - a glass bottle supercharged with radioactivity.

3) This chapter is from Promise's point of view.

"Join me," Zonda hisses, stalking around Atlas like a cat would sneer at a cornered mouse. He trembles in the center of her circle - physically weakened, but mentally strong. "Join me, and we can merge the tribes into one. Nobody will put a talon out of line."

Atlas doesn't hesitate to sign No.

Zonda stops, freezes in place. She fixates Atlas with a burning orange glare. "Why not? What do you have left to live for?"

At this, I can see the distant figure meet my eyes. I choke, dropping to the ground, for I now know what he's going to do. But my body won't obey my commands; I have frozen up.

Atlas turns back to Zonda, who stands there silently, waiting. You know what I have?

Zonda waves her talon like she really doesn't care, but it is a gesture saying go on.

I have something you'll never have, he answers. And he turns to look at us again.

I have a family.

He throws down the bottle, and an inferno of lightning incinerates them both.