[Ethan's POV]
…
I didn't sleep.
While the others slept, I couldn't sleep.
Not because Pike's men might have been close, though I knew they were. And not because monsters prowled the city's veins, though I'd felt their breath in the tunnels.
I didn't sleep because of blood. Rather, it was because of human blood.
It still clung to my gauntlet in memory, slick and hot where the spikes had punched through.
The faces came back every time I closed my eyes. The shock in their eyes, not fear of a monster, not terror of the Rift, but surprise that someone like me had turned predator and took their life.
Someone like me… A deliveryman, a nobody.
The Wheel pulsed faintly in my skull like it was mocking me. I tried not to pay attention to it, but then it spoke.
DING!
~----~
[System Notice – Awakener Kills Detected!]
[Reward Mechanism Engaged… please wait…]
[Drop Categories:]
*Rift Shards (Common)
*Stat Residue (Uncommon)
*Skill Fragments (Rare)
*Echo Gear (Rare)
