For Lizzie, time seemed to freeze. And something unusual happened.
Lzzi, dn't ntgnz hm...
Even in her present predicament, threatened with a deadly "lesson" by a corpse-like Zorlond, Lizzie could not help but wonder why she was hearing that strange small voice in her head. What? she thought.
The mental question seemed to strengthen it. Lizzie, it repeated, don't antagonize him...
A bit late for that, wouldn't you say? And who are you, anyway?
I'm Zorlond's Original -- sort of. Actually he downloaded an info-packet version of himself into all your minds before you ventured into the dream to serve as a sort of virtual guide to what you might encounter. I've been trying to "speak" to you for ages, but there's been interference.
Interference? What do you mean?
Something else inside you. Something dangerous -- something deadly. This scenario seems to inhibit it somehow, so you're finally able to "hear" me. So I repeat, don't antagonize the aspect of me you've fallen in with.
I don't understand. What else is in me? And why shouldn't I antagonize--
I should think the latter would be fucking obvious. As for the first-- The voice in her head seemed to hesitate a moment. --I think it may be some sort of Elder God...
An elder what? Where would I have picked up something like that?
But the voice was fading now, barely distinguishable: Oh sht, I thnk I wok t up...
And from deep within her, there was laughter, dark, unsettling, and -- evil. Her hands reached up and easily broke the force holding her, and her sadly diminished powers seemed to reignite -- literally. She felt the inferno of her firey breath building up in her throat. All she had to do to release it, to incinerate this ridiculous corpse-Zorlond, was to open her mouth....
But if I do that I kill him, assuming one can kill the undead. And aren't we supposed to be here to save Zorlond?
The question seemed oddly irrelevant. This Zorlond was about to kill her, wasn't he? And no one could be suffered to lay hands on the Great NyarethHOOTtep....
Hold on, the great what?
But already the Elder God was beginning to manifest. She could tell by the way her breasts were getting bigger. And there seemed no reason at all not to open her mouth.
And a fierce blast of infernal flame enveloped the corpse-Zorlond....
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