“A puppet, huh?” He asks with a humorless laugh. Ironic that it was Seth, of all the Knights, to have stumbled into that scene. “Is that something he’s ever done before?”

Luka wonders if the Protector was perhaps taking drastic measures to achieve his goals. Was he aware of the Wizard and monsters planning to end the game? Did he have any suspicions about the Princess’s allegiance? It seemed somehow wrong to imagine the Protector being desperate. It didn’t suit him.

Luka, thankfully, accepts Ten’s newer, cleaner handkerchief, though most of the blood has already been wiped away.

“Is Seven not normally like that? I mean... why are they like that, anyway?”