Cloud yelped as things suddenly changed around. He threw himself sideways to avoid running into Lust, sending himself sprawling on the floor. He twisted around, looking around frantically for where Kalki was now. At first he was relieved she had not attacked, but as she spoke a chill ran over him. Something was wrong.

She's not been the first of their foes to say that they had to be killed to stop them, but why wasn't she attacking? If she did that would have been the best way to get everyone else to strike back. That had been proven time and again. If she kept talking then they were just as like to do in kind.

So was she trying to stall for time? Or was she going into this wanting to be killed? Trying to provoke a blade?

He was too far away to hear Tsubomi, but he would have found himself in agreement with her.