"You should take your responsibility and finish me off." He doesn't move when he speaks. "Its quite easy. Just reach inside of one of those holes in my back and yank at some wires."

Scaramouche can feel that the balm is doing something to his back. Its uncomfortable but not painful.

"You could also remove the energy core. I can tell you exactly how to get to it. It is inside my chest." Where a heart should be. A gnosis. Anything really. Because it is empty now. Emptier than it has ever been. And now he does move, looking over his shoulder with a faint smile around his lips and a dull look in his eyes.

"Let me show you."