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I’m not sure I’m feeling sympathy, but I’m certainly feeling empathy. Klaus may have become a monster in the end, but when I think about everything he went through—would I be any different, had it been me?
Klaus’ legs hang from the Emperor’s open mouth. I know I shouldn’t care, but deep within, Elinor’s love for Klaus scratches at my conscience.
‘Maybe it’s time for that signal, Charles!’
‘As you wish.’
I hear a familiar groan and yodel echo in the valley of Monstrosity Moon. The large neck of a titan reaches for the sky, its front limbs shaking the ground. Littlefoot has woken.
Via the screen in the rock face, I see the Emperor covered by shadow as Littlefoot’s neck blocks out the sun. It’s enough to make him look up and then drop Klaus to the ground.
‘Who dares interrupt my des
