"He'll come back. He always does," Karis muttered, turning in place to peer up at a nearby building. She glanced over her shoulder at Zouichi and one of her eyes twitched. "If we win, I'm just going to go back. I'm just going to be His tool again. So I can't say anything. I'm loyal! So when I go back, He'll know."

But that sounded a lot more like fear than anything else.

"He gets into your head, whispers in your ears, makes you do His bidding. And you can't stop Him, can't stop doing what He wants. Just keep fighting, keep killing..." She drew her claws through her hair as she spoke, drawing furrows across her scalp.