Felicity's shrine shines like a radiant beacon, a lighthouse in the distance, a sign screaming to the infected, I'm here! I'm here!

Without Loop's fresh injury, some of the stars stop paying attention again, turning back instead to join the swarm. As they approach, pink shields, soft rosy-colored bolts of lightning, and the very flowers and brambled vines themselves move to defend the shrine.

The rabbit screams and it sounds human, struggling to free itself. It fails, very miserably.

... But it catches more attention.

Hoku the Holy Lion has arrived.