Vance threw his head back and laughed—wild, unhinged, triumphant.
"HAHAHHAHA! I FEEEEEEEL SOOOOOO ALIIIIIVVVAAAAAA!!!"
The sound bounced off the fractured dining hall walls like a chorus of devils howling in glee.
"IN MY HEART, IN MY BODY, IN MY SOUL, I CAN FEEEELL IIIT!!"
His voice reverberated through the air, charged with something darker, more primal. Hair tousled and unbound, strands flowing like a black waterfall caught in a thunderstorm, his body exuded a manic energy.
"IT'S SOOO GOOOOOOD! IT'S SOOO GOOOOOOD!!!"
Crimson veins of glowing power slithered beneath his skin like cursed lightning bolts, and his irises shimmered with a brilliant, sickly gold.
"You—" he gasped between ragged bursts of laughter, eyes locking onto Vonjo with a fevered glint, "you should be proud of yourself, big brother. My big big half brother! You've… you've awakened something in me! Something deep inside of me!"
The girls in the bullet comments were turned one.