With the sun's permission, the school's conquest entered its final stage.
They wielded this power to destroy the tough bones that had been so hard to crack.
In the face of death, nothing else mattered.
Little Fish watched all of this in silence, saying nothing.
It hadn't been taking the other replicates out to play recently, as the scenes had been all but destroyed. Everywhere lay in ruins, and the replicates moved whatever they could find from the wreckage to Little Fish's dwelling.
But it still couldn't muster any interest.
It could now use its permissions to create more entertaining things and play more interesting games, but Little Fish remained mired in gloom.
Sometimes it would create a small sea, slip inside, and then conjure a beam of moonlight to shine upon the surface. It would remain there in silence for a very, very long time.
