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Dex does not.

“Of course,” he mutters when the die stops.

I describe the impact, debris coming down around the bard and pinning him beneath broken stone. He isn’t unconscious, but he can’t move.

Micah’s attention snaps toward him immediately.

“I’m going to him.”

Griffin says, “Don’t.”

Micah looks up.

Griffin is already moving his mini.

“I can get there faster. You stay on the King.”

Micah hesitates for one beat before nodding.

He trusts him.

Griffin burns his movement and takes an opportunity attack to reach Dex. Cami sends healing across the room before Griffin even has to ask.

It is efficient now in a way this party wasn’t when we started.

Nobody is trying to do everything.

Nobody is trying to prove their role matters more.

They compensate for one another almost automatically.

Griffin gets Dex free. Micah finds the first magical anchor binding the Hollow King to the chamber and cuts it. Cami identifies the second.

Dex gets back to his feet with six hit points and immediate opinions.

“I would like it formally noted that I survived being crushed.”

“You were pinned.”

“Crushed emotionally.”

“That’s different.”

“Not to my nervous system.”

I move them into the second phase.

The Hollow King stands.

The fused armor opens along the chest, and darkness spills from the gap instead of blood.

Cami makes a face. “Ew.”

Dex says, “Would.”

Every head at the table turns toward him.

“What?”