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Chapter 3: Heads of the Hewdraw

[BGM: Alcamoth, Imperial Capital – Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition]

Right now, Pit was showing the group around the city of Skyworld since they still hadn't got a chance to see it yet. They were all walking around, greeting the angels and centurions that lived in it. These people really made Melia and Solo remind of the High Entia and the Zenithians respectively, due to these races also having angel wings even though the former race had the wings on their heads like Melia does. The ambient the angels and centurions lived in could also be highly comparable to the ambient the High Entia and the Zenithians live in, being a combination of less technological than Alcamoth and less ancient than Zenithia.

While the gang was touring the city, Palutena remained in her temple. She was at the balcony looking down at the city, seeing that everything was peaceful as it should be. Even though she smiled by this, Palutena just couldn't ignore the fact that since the Underworld Army had already invaded the Overworld, then they could invade Skyworld very soon. So she took out a telescope and peeked through it while looking at the sky, and could see really tiny dots miles away from the city. Gulping, fearing that her worst nightmare might have come true, she cautiously zoomed in on the dots… revealing them to be some Monoeyes, leading her to gasp.

[BGM End]

"No… It can't be…already?!" she whispered in horror. "Medusa must've gone furious after Pit and the others defeated Dark Lord Gaol, and so she decided to command her forces for a full assault on Skyworld…" she suspected, before speaking firmly, "I have to send Pit and the others out right now."

Pit and the others were just walking happily around the city, completely unaware of the approaching Underworld troops, until Palutena's call came to them:

"Everyone, come back to my palace, quick!"

Everyone's eyes widened in alarm as they stopped walking. "What is it, Lady Palutena?" Pit asked.

"I'll tell you later! Just come here and don't forget to get your weapons!"

"O-Okay!" Pit replied, and then the gang rushed into Palutena's Temple while wondering why Palutena was acting so desperate all of a sudden.

Soon, after getting their weapons from the Arms Altar, the gang got into the room where Palutena was. "We're here, Lady Palu-" Pit was cut off when Palutena gave the Magic Wings to the group nigh immediately as soon as she saw everyone coming in.

"Huh?" Trifle wondered as he and the rest of the group looked back at their Magic Wings in surprise. "Palutena, what are you-?"

"Hurry, everyone!" Palutena ushered frantically as she opened the gates. After exchanging confused glances, the gang complied and rushed over to the gates to jump and take off flying.


[BGM: Heads of the Hewdraw – Kid Icarus Uprising]

"Alright, what's the matter?" Pit asked, demanding an answer.

"Medusa has brought the fight to our realm. Her forces are invading Skyworld!" Palutena responded, and as soon as she said that, the gang found themselves immediately being confronted by a swam of Monoeyes right in front of them.

Everyone gasped. "Oh no!" Zelda cried, quickly shooting down the Monoeyes, only for a few Syrens and Paramushes to soon come into view afterwards.

"She no doubt must be getting back at us for taking down Dark Lord Gaol." Solo surmised as he shot down the Paramushes, while Jewel took care of the Syrens.

"Medusa's venom knows no bounds. But I know you all can stop her Underworld Army." Palutena blessed.

"You sure have a lot of faith in us, Palutena." Jewel said with a small smile, having finished taking down the Syrens.

Everyone proceeded to take out tons of Underworld forces such as Monoeyes, Syrens, Specknoses, Daphnes and Komaytos. But no matter how many enemies the gang defeated, more of them would come to take the place of the defeated ones.

"They just won't stop coming!" Eleven exclaimed, whacking a Komayto away from him.

"How many of them are there?!" Eight asked, unleashing a Kasizzle on a group of Daphnes.

"I don't know, but one thing's for sure: we can't let them invade the city!" Pit replied, using his Guardian Orbitars to reflect the shots fired at him from the Monoeyes.

"We know, but still… Don't these guys ever get tired?!" Arusu questioned, firing a charged shot at a Belunka.

"At this rate, the Magic Wings and the power of flight are going to expire before they do." Palutena mused.

"Then let's go after the commander!" Melia suggested, shooting at a pair of Corals.

"There's just one thing you should know. Their commander is Hewdraw."

"Hewdraw?" Pit asked. "Like, this guy?" he pictured an image of an 8-bit blue serpent-like creature with the head of a dragon… in which somehow the others were able to see.

"…Why did you picture him pixelated?" Solo blinked.

"That's how it looked like when I first encountered him." Pit shrugged.

"And speak of the devil – there he is!" Palutena said as everyone turned their heads to see a massive three-headed purple serpent-like creature flying in the distance, and while it was too far away to see it clearly, that was no doubt the Hewdraw.

"Whoa!" Shulk's eyes widened. "He has three heads!"

"Almost just like the Lernaean Hydra itself!" Jewel added.

"And he can fly?" Pit asked with a mixture of shock and jealously, again the latter being the reason of his inability to fly.

"I think the only one who can't fly by himself is you." Palutena chuckled. "I'd say the same for the others, but… they're currently flying with the Magic Wings."

"Ouch. That's harsh!"

"Don't sulk, Pit. It's undignified." Palutena chided, before proceeding to guide everyone towards the Hewdraw. "But Melia's right: attacking the leader is a good plan."

"Let's do it!" Arusu smirked as more Corals and Specknoses came into view, only for the Hero to use the blade's special attack to summon lightning bolts from the heavens to destroy the enemies instantly. After that, the gang just shot down a few more Monoeyes and Miks on the way until they finally approached the Hewdraw himself. Each of its three different colored heads began to speak as soon as they saw the gang while they flew around this large serpentine monster:

"Hello there!" blue.

"It's snack time!" purple.

"Mm! What tender little morsels!" and violet.

"We are NOT pieces of meat!" Trifle retorted.

"What did you say?" the violet head asked.

"Technically, you are." the purple head said.

"Just come a little closer." the blue head invited.

Pit then began his rally cry, "Get ready, 'cause it's time for-"

"Total annihilation! /Bone-crushing destruction! /Face-stomping carnage!" …only to be interrupted when the violet, blue and purple heads shouted at the exact same time.

[BGM Pause]

A beat happens as the three heads looked at each other… aaaand cue an arguing from each of them:

"It was MY turn to have the last word!" purple.

"Oh, give it a rest." blue.

"Let's not argue in front of company." violet.

"Cram a sock in it, foot face!" purple.

"I'm soooo sick of you guys." blue.

"Me?! What did I do?!" violet.

"Knock it off already!" blue.

"YOU knock it off!" violet.

"I can't believe this is my life." purple.

"Can we go home and watch TV now?" blue.

"Would everyone just shut it?!" violet.

"Someone put me out of my misery." purple.

"Did I mention I'm starving?" violet.

"And you think we're not?!" purple.

Eventually, their bickering became so frenetic that not even I am able to process what they're saying anymore. Pit and the group were left befuddled by this, until Eight finally asked:

"Um… Now what?"

"This is never going to end. Just go ahead and attack." Palutena replied.

"I was hoping you'd say that." Trifle said and opened fire from his arm.

[Resume "Heads of the Hewdraw" BGM]

"EVERYONE SHUT UP AND FOCUS!" all three heads yelled in unison after Trifle's charged shot managed to snap them out of it. The blue head then aimed its horns at the gang and shot a crescent-shaped blast of dark energy at them as they swerved out of the way, but stopped right in front of the violet head's path as it fired a sweeping beam from its mouth.

"Reflection!" Melia called out as a barrier appeared in front of her and reflected the beam right back at the violet head, before she added the flare element to her orbitars to open fire at it while the rest shot at the other two heads.

The violet head growled and lunged itself towards Melia to bite her, but was knocked back by Shulk's Monado Eater and was inflicted with bleeding as a result. Angered, the violet head breathed a flamethrower at the gang, but they quickly flew out of the way and then Eleven unleashed Quadraslash to make the giant light sword cut right through the violet head and thus decapitate it.

The other two heads gasped at this, and then the purple head fired small energy blasts from its eyes, but Jewel countered those by firing her own energy blasts back at them, and when it attempted to lunge at her to bite her, she quickly flew to the side and scratched it repeatedly with her claws before Solo sliced it off with a Gigasword. Now only the blue head remained.

"Oh! I'm the only one left!" it exclaimed.

"Actually, I'd say you're the only one right!" Pit joked. "…Get it? Right?" silence.

"That… was terrible, Pit." Trifle groaned.

"I honestly have to agree with that." Palutena agreed.

"Yeesh, tough crowd…" Pit muttered before he and the group proceeded to shoot the blue head nonstop as it attempted to give it all… but unfortunately, without its two pals, things went down really fast and, in the end, Arusu easily decapitated it with a Gigasmash.

"Ow!" it yelled as it along with its whole body fell down through the clouds before exploding.

"Ha ha! Gotcha!" Arusu grinned.

"Not so fast. Hewdraw heads can live without a body." Palutena informed. "You'd better follow them."

"…You have got to be joking…" Arusu deadpanned and then everyone dived down into the clouds, but thankfully at a lighter pace than the last two times, allowing the group to help out Pit this time in taking out the Underworld troops on the way down. It wasn't quite necessary, though, as the gang could see a few of them retreating.

"The Underworld forces are retreating." Palutena said.

"Mission accomplished!" Pit proclaimed.

"Far from it. Those two Hewdraw heads are still alive. They've plunged into the human world below and taken their legion with them!"

"Then we'd better do something!" Eleven hollered as they continued their descent into the human world until they stopped and were hovering over an open field. "Oh! Uh… Where did they head off to…?" he wondered. Everyone then looked around the field to find any sight of the Hewdraw heads…

"Over there!" until Shulk pointed over to a burning town being attacked by the Hewdraw heads at the distance as the rest followed suit. "This is bad!" he exclaimed.

"Let's hurry. For a pair of disembodied heads, they sure moved fast!" Palutena remarked, speeding up everyone's wings as they took off towards the town. Once they were close enough, they flew up to get an aerial view of it to try and find the Hewdraw heads… only that they seemed to have suddenly vanished.

"I don't see the Hewdraw heads anywhere! Where'd they go?!" Pit questioned.

"Don't lose YOUR head too, Pit. Let's check the town."

"That may be the best choice now." Zelda nodded in agreement, and so they all began to descent before flying over the town's walls.

"Hoo-hooo-yah!" Pit cheered.


[BGM: That Burning Town – Kid Icarus Uprising]

Everyone landed in the town while doing a skid, before looking around to assess the damage. The town was in bad shape, but not too damaged as they all feared it would be.

"The people have all gone into hiding, but where did those Hewdraw heads go?" Melia wondered.

"They could be anywhere. We need to stop them before they wreak even more havoc!" Palutena ushered. "As you all search for them, take out any Underworld troops that cross your path."

"Understood!" Zelda nodded as they already came upon a group of Monoeyes, but Zelda split her bow and slashed through them to defeat them before the gang moved onwards and made a right turn due to a flaming blockade in front of them.

Going down that path and arriving into a courtyard, the gang slew a group of Gyrazers and Commylooses… while Arusu sliced through a peculiar-looking enemy known as a Souflee.

"What was with that flying cake thing…?" he blinked.

"Oh, that was a Souflee. It's one sweet enemy." Palutena answered. "They're extremely rare enemies that are hard to hit and tend to flee quickly… but if you're able to defeat them, you'll receive a high number of goodies from them! So if you spot one, do everything you can to stop it from getting away."

"Soooo…they're just like the Metal Slimes from our universe." Eleven said and turned to his comrades to confirm that.

"Yep." the three nodded in unison as they all went up the stairs, where they encountered a Stackjaw as it proceeded to fire a rotating laser at them, but the Loyal Bodyguards casted Kaswoosh to propel themselves and the others up to dodge the laser and then Pit charged towards the monster with his Upperdash Arm, uppercutting it into the air where it exploded.

"Thanks for the boost, guys!" Pit thanked the Heroes once everyone landed back on the ground, and then they went up more stairs on the left side as Jewel slashed through the Komaytos they encountered.

"Is it me, or do they look a lot like Metroids?" she thought, but then a Komayto managed to attach itself onto Pit's head as he staggered backwards while trying to shake it off… and when he did, he ends up falling into a hole.

"Whoa-oa!" he yelped as he suddenly sprung back out nigh immediately.

"Pit, how did you…?" Zelda wondered.

"That looks like a jump pad in there." Palutena said.

"Get up, fall down. Get up, fall down. Fight in the air, fight on the ground." Pit said.

"It's the story of your life, isn't it?"

"Peaks and valleys, highs and lows. Pick your friends, not your nose."

They then moved on, dodging out of a Monolith's way to come across a string of houses with jump pads ahead. Using the jump pads, the gang strung their jumps together to make their way across the rooftops.

"Woop! This is great! Yeah!" Pit cheered as the others agreed with him while bouncing up the rooftops.

Once they made it to the other side, the gang looked over to the right to see a jar spawning out Shemums next to a Minos. Having picked up a Grenade during their bouncing session, Solo threw it directly at the Minos, and once it exploded in contact with it, it began to flash before blowing up and destroying the jar and the spawned Shemums alongside it. "Huh, that came in handy."

"Whoa!" Eight exclaimed. "Where did you find that?"

"On top of one of the rooftops as we were all jumping off the jump pads." Solo replied before looking back at the spot where the jar used to be, and noticed a key lying on the ground. "Hmm?" he walked up to it and picked it up. "I guess we'll be needing this for later."

The others nodded in response and moved up along the road, but then Palutena warned them:

"Watch out!"

Everyone quickly skidded to a halt just in time before the violet Hewdraw head suddenly came crashing through the house right in front of them, making them yelp in surprise.

"That came out of nowhere!" Trifle exclaimed.

"You're going to need help against surprise attacks like that." Palutena said. "Go to the courtyard ahead, and I'll grant you all a gift."

"Really?! That'd be great!" Pit quipped as he shot the Miks around them before they all proceeded to head to the courtyard… only for a Merenguy to appear and perform some dance moves, causing them to unwillingly look at it and lose their focus on the courtyard.

"Augh…!" Eleven grimaced. "Why can't we take our eyes off this guy?!"

"That's an Underworld Merenguy. Its bewitching dance moves really grab your attention and hold on to it. Better make a point of taking it down first." Palutena explained, and with that, the gang immediately worked on taking it down before shooting down a nearby Fire Wyrm, and then they ran to the courtyard's entrance where Solo used the key to unlock it as they walked in.

[BGM End]

"We're ready for that gift now, Lady Palutena!" Pit said.

"All right then!" Palutena exclaimed, and a purple mist surrounded everyone and covered the entire courtyard. But when the mist vanished, everyone was left unchanged and very confused.

"Uh… What just happened?" Arusu asked… aaaand then the violet Hewdraw head suddenly crashes down into the courtyard in front of them.

"Roooooar!"

[BGM: Fighting Spirit (Dragon Quest III) – Dragon Quest XI S]

"AAAAGH!" the whole gang freaked out.

"Do you like the gift? It's my patented monster pheromone!" Palutena proudly said. "Monsters just LOVE the smell of it. And now it's all over you!"

"WHAT?!" Arusu yelled. "ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US?!"

It was then that the violet head became more fixated on Arusu as it proceeded to bounce after him in a…lovingly way?

"Hey, did you do something with your hair? You're suddenly looking very attractive." it said seductively as it attempted to chomp him.

"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" Arusu screamed angrily after jumping away from the bite before proceeding to shoot the crap out of the violet Hewdraw head as he ran away from it. Because the head became more focused on Arusu, the rest of the gang was left standing there and watching the scene in front of them in perplexment.

"Uh… Why were we left ignored…?" Shulk blinked, scratching his head.

"I wonder if my pheromone has landed mostly on Arusu for that to happen…?"Palutena thought as an answer to Shulk's question, before addressing them, "Luckily, the pheromone only attracted one of the heads. I was wondering what you would've done if both of them had shown up."

"And you still went through with it?!" Melia questioned.

"We would have been finished for sure!" Pit added.

"Despite my winsomeness and equanimity, I do have a strong streak of rascality."

"We don't even know what that means!" Eight exclaimed, before looking over at Arusu still being chased by the Hewdraw head while he was shooting it. "Now Arusu is about to become lunch!"

"YOU'RE NOT HELPING, EIGHT!" Arusu yelled. "AND COULD YOU GUYS HELP ME HERE ALREADY?!"

"R-Right! We're coming, Arusu!" Eleven said and they ran forward to unleash a charged shot each that caught the head's attention as it bounced towards them while saying:

"I have a special treat for you all! But you have to come get it."

"Don't believe him, everyone!" Palutena advised as they kept shooting.

"Why shouldn't they? Look at this face! I'm totally trustworthy!" the violet head teased. "Just come over and-"

*SLASH!*

[BGM End]

All of a sudden, Arusu slashed right through it, looking very pissed off to boot. "Shut. The hell. UP."

Then the head instantly exploded, leaving the others surprised, even Palutena.

"I…don't think I'll be using the monster pheromone in the future." she nervously said.

"You BETTER not!" Arusu snapped, still being fueled with rage as cross-popping veins appeared on his head.

"I'll admit… Even though I'm feeling bad for what happened to you there, it was kind of amusing seeing you being chased by that Hewdraw head just because he took a liking to your hair." Palutena chuckled a little.

This did not help Arusu feel better at all, and a fiery aura began to surround him. "IT WAS NOT FUNNY!" he screamed in the angriest tone ever heard as it echoed all over the town, causing everyone else except for Eleven, Solo and Eight to have their eyes open wide in complete shock by that. After screaming so loud, Arusu was left panting heavily before walking out of the courtyard on his own as the other's eyes followed him slowly while still in their shocked states.

[Resume "That Burning Town" BGM]

"…Holy shit…" Trifle whispered.

"…I actually never knew Arusu could get so furious like that…" Jewel trailed off.

"And that's why you should never make Arusu pissed off…" Eight advised. "I and my comrades know this because we've seen this already."

"…Oh dear." Palutena finally said after she went silent, since she has never seen someone, especially a human, having such an aggressive temper like that one. "Is he going to be alright?"

"Yeah, don't worry." Solo assured. "He usually calms down in like… fifteen minutes or so."

"I see. Anyways, for Arusu's sake… I actually won't be needing to use the pheromone again." Palutena said as the rest of the group went after Arusu, who was beating up a Mega Mussel just outside in order to calm his nerves.

"Why do you say that?" Shulk asked.

"I located the other head. Let's go to the lake outside of town."

They nodded and went down the stairs right as Arusu finished taking out the Mega Mussel, and then he spotted another Stackjaw up ahead as he immediately charged for it to beat it up as well. "Geez, Arusu sure is going all out on the Underworld troops!" Pit remarked.

"From what he told us, that's his best method of calming down quickly." Eleven said. "Beating up a bunch of enemies to let all of his anger out."

"You know, I've seen some people do the same thing when they need to calm down, so this method is pretty valid." Palutena pointed out.

"I guess we'll just let him do all the work for us until we find the last Hewdraw head." Eight shrugged. "I mean, based on how loud he screamed back there, he's going to be needing a lot of enemies."

"True that." Solo nodded as they proceeded on ahead while Arusu did all the work for them by taking down Underworld troops that greeted them, as they next went down a well with Shulms inhabiting it.

"Watch out. Those Shulms give off a toxic cloud when they expire." Palutena warned. "Shoot them from a distance or melee them to avoid getting poisoned."

The group didn't even have to do anything due to Arusu, who was thankfully patient enough to hear Palutena's entire advice, quickly obliterating the Shulms with a Kaboom spell while he was far enough to avoid the Shulms' poisonous explosion. After that, the group quickly ran over to catch up with Arusu.

"So… How are you feeling, Arusu?" Eight asked cautiously.

Arusu sighed. "I've managed to calm down a little… but I'm still a bit angry." he muttered.

"Oh…"

"…Well, at least he's not as worse as he used to be." Palutena said. "Anyways… The other Hewdraw head is regenerating its body at the lake."

"You don't think it'll have three heads again, do you?!" Pit asked as they all exited the tunnel.

"I should hope not. Their bickering was intolerable."

"My thoughts exactly." Melia agreed as they went up to use a jump pad to reach another part of the town… and right into a mob of waiting Underworld troops.

"It's an ambush!"

"Yeah, that's right! OUR ambush!" Pit declared as the first wave arrived, which consisted of a Minos, a Daphne and a Komayto.

"You're going down, monsters!" Arusu growled, ready to unleash his remaining anger on them by first slashing through the Komayto before firing a charged shot at the Daphne, and then shot a Bang on the Minos from a safe distance to avoid its explosion.

"Hey, let us help out too!" Pit exclaimed as the second wave came in next, this one consisting of two Ganewmedes and a Mega Mussel. Trifle swung his arm repeatedly at one Ganewmede until it was defeated while Eleven made the mark on his hand glow, channeling his Luminary powers into his club before swinging it at the other Ganewmede, which defeated it in one hit. As for the Mega Mussel, Zelda used Nayru's Love to reflect its shots back before Shulk ran up to it and attacked it with Air Slash, destroying all of its three pearls at once and thus killing it.

The third and final wave popped up, and this one had a Stackjaw, a Syren, and a Merenguy. Almost nigh immediately, everyone's attention was drawn to the Merenguy thanks to its dance, so Jewel, Zelda and Melia quickly fired shots at it while Shulk used Monado Shield on himself and everyone for protection, blocking the Syren's shots and the Stackjaw's lasers. Once the Merenguy was defeated, Solo proceeded to shoot down the Syren while Pit and Eight fired arrows and flaming dragon scales respectively at the Stackjaw repeatedly until it was low enough for Arusu to finish it off by leaping up while bringing his blade down on it to cut it in half.

With all three waves cleared, the way out for the gang opened up, allowing them to proceed down the bridge.

"I think we're finally close to the last Hewdraw head." Palutena informed. "Are you ready?"

"You bet!" Trifle nodded with a smirk as the others had the same reaction, and then they downed the Drinks of the Gods next to the door before going through.

[BGM End]

Everyone ran down the path leading to the lake and stopped right in front of it, where they saw the final Hewdraw swimming in it with a completely regenerated torso. Spotting the gang, the Hewdraw stood up and roared at them before saying:

"So you've finished off the others, eh?"

"You know it!" Pit exclaimed.

"Then you've saved the best for last. Let's get down to business!"

[BGM: Boss Fight 1 – Kid Icarus Uprising]

The Hewdraw proceeded to spit out fireballs at the gang, forcing them to dodge as they retaliated by firing their weapons at it, before it then proceeded to charge up power and fire out homing lasers at them, but they were blown away by Eight's forward-dash charged shot, and this type of shot seemed to deal even more damage to the Hewdraw due to it roaring in pain upon being hit.

"You know… You don't seem too upset that we killed your brothers." Eight observed.

"Oh, please." the Hewdraw scoffed. "Lady Medusa thought I'd be a more efficient commander with three heads, but they've been nothing but a pain in the tail! Now thanks to you lot, I'm free!"

Jewel's eyes widened. "Did you just say…?!"

"How could you disown your brothers just like that?!" Melia scowled as she fired shots from her orbitars at it, only for it to avoid them by diving down into the lake.

"It went underwater?!" Pit questioned.

"Wait, what are those?" Zelda pointed to two orange balls of light that emerged out of the water.

"Here's an idea. Shoot the orange balls of light to make them drop down." Palutena instructed. "Try to lure the Hewdraw out that way."

"Will do!" Shulk nodded, first activating Monado Speed to better dodge the incoming homing scales that the Hewdraw was launching out from the water, before firing a charged shot from his cannon at the ball just as the Hewdraw swam under it. The ball crashed down right onto the Hewdraw as a result, and it was launched out of the water.

"Now, everyone! Now!" Palutena hollered as the Hewdraw landed on the shore.

"Time to lay the smack down!" Pit declared as they proceeded to tear the Hewdraw apart with many melee blows before it slithered back into the lake, where it spit out blue fireballs to try to hit them but they managed to avoid them, and then Trifle ran over and fired a sword beam at it to finish it off.

[BGM End]

"Mission complete!" Trifle announced.

"Nice Fox McCloud impression there, Trifle." Palutena chuckled. "But anyways, that's another one of Medusa's commanders out of the way!"

The Hewdraw writhed in pain while swinging its head around erratically and then addressed Pit, "Look how far you've come, Pit. I'm proud of you." those were its last words before sinking into the water and exploding.

"…Did he actually just say that he was proud of you?" Eleven asked, looking at Pit.

"Huh. You don't usually meet such nice bosses." Pit remarked.

"Let's get you all back." Palutena said while the column of light appeared over the gang, before they were all whisked back to Skyworld.

To be continued…


The fact that one of the Hewdraw heads start hitting on Pit while commenting about his hair in the original game...plus a headcanon of mine about Arusu having an aggressive personality and being very sensitive about his hair... Equals instant wild idea! Poor Arusu, though... :)))

Time to infiltrate the Reaper Fortress next! Until then!