Both combatants, too damaged for pure physical assault, turned to mental attacks:
Satou attacked Khar'razoth's fragmented consciousness directly, mental assault that targeted the junction where Elric's human psyche interfaced with Ancient God awareness.
Found the seam. Found the weak point. Found where mortal mind and divine consciousness met.
And tore.
Elric's consciousness, which had been subsumed by Khar'razoth, suddenly experienced moment of separation—human awareness briefly distinct from god awareness, able to perceive what he'd become, what he'd done, what he'd sacrificed.
"What... what have I done?" Elric's human voice emerged briefly, horror and revulsion coloring words. "I killed them. Four hundred twenty of my own soldiers. Twenty settlement defenders. Sacrificed them to—"
"SILENCE!" Khar'razoth's divine consciousness crushed the human awareness back down, forced reintegration, but damage was done.
