Ignis waved his arms and crawled backwards until his back slammed against the bars. He groped around, his eyes searching for light. He could hear them. They were out there, arguing about something.

  When the tarp covering his cage was lifted and the orange glow of the fire seeped in, Ignis jumped back into the corner and covered himself. One of them, with a bloated, round head and sagging skin, grinned in front of the bars. He dangled a piece of meat in his hand:

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  "Come here, you beauty. Here's some yummy-yummy. Come to daddy."

  Fortune keeps walking deeper into the dark, and Ignis still can't see the flame.

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  See you in the Darkness.