Apologies for the previous problem. FFN is a bit... bothersome... when accepting copy and paste.

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"You bastard!" the former Number 2's head hissed at Raki as she rejoined herself to her neck and regained what power had been stored in that body. "That was far too close! Die, you stupid human!" she snarled, hairs spearing at him and towards her previous platform.

Raki said nothing, face stern and focused as he sliced away as many of those hairs that approached her former form as he could, even at the cost of more and more slicing into his own body. But Galatea saw what was at stake.

"Hurry!" she called on anyone and everyone, human and Claymore alike, to move. "Destroy her now, while she is still weakened! If she reconnects to her main body, it will be all over!" Rallying to her own call, she leaped towards the scene despite having only one arm, and the wounded knee still being only partially healed.

Guardsmen charged, yelling, as Galk led them forward, but Clarice was still dazed by the sudden happenings. Miata, too, was stunned, but fought against her own injuries to move forward, and only then was Clarice able to follow them all, humans and Claymores, patriots and traitors, trying to seize the miracle that had been given to them.

But move as they did, they could only watch and redouble their efforts as Raki was speared by Blood Red Agatha, lifted into the air, and slammed into the ground with a resounding and final crack.

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