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*A blue fox materializes in the streets of Dante.* Citizen: King! We're under attack! Citizen 2: Our defenses are too thin... *Terror seizes her heart, cold and sharp.* Citizen: Why today? I can't bear the casualties. *At the fortress of the Peaks.* *The King roars, his fist crashing into the castle wall, stone crumbling to dust.* King: Dante... the trump... Varu: Stop whining. You're sulking like a kid. *An hour passes. Varu and Felix are a whirlwind of fists and fury.* Varu: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?! Romeo: They'll murder each other! *The Kings stride into the fray.* King: You never learn! *His open hand cracks against Varu's jaw.* Varu: AGH! King: Beaten again!! Varu: ... *From the high ramparts, Kurumaku and Zontik watch, their expressions unreadable.*