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Lys pinches the bridge of her nose. "So you grabbed corn."

"You panicked ?"

The pun hangs in the air.

The rain hammers a syncopated rhythm on the tin roof. Inside, the air smells of hay, dust, and failure. Aw Shucks Cutscene

Maverik looks at the cob. Then back at Lys. His voice is tiny.

"Agreed," Maverik says.

"I panicked," he says.

Lys raises an eyebrow. "You went in, fought through a hundred crows, disarmed a living hay bale… and you came back with that ?"

Maverik looks down. In his palm isn't a glowing seed. It’s a single, slightly squashed corncob.

Maverik slips on mud, lands flat on his back. Lys stands over him, soaked, hair plastered to her face. Lys pinches the bridge of her nose

"…Maverik. Is that corn glowing ?"

She lunges. Maverik yelps, drops Cornelius (who rolls dramatically into a puddle), and scrambles out into the rain. Lys chases after him, still laughing despite herself.

Lys follows his gaze. Her smirk fades into wonder. Inside, the air smells of hay, dust, and failure

CORNELIUS WILL RETURN.

"You—" she wheezes, "—you fought a living god of crows and stole his side dish ."