"Everyone, focus on Namie!" Jirawut shouted over the chaos. "We can't let her be consumed by this!"
Estella nodded, gripping her sword tightly. "Celesta, can you find a way to sever the collar's connection to the Nexus?"
Celesta, frantically working at her portable console, shouted back, "I'll try, but it's not just the collar—it's the staff too! The Nexus is using both as conduits. We need to shut them both down, or Namie could—"
"Then we hit the staff!" Fialla said, flipping her daggers in her hands. "Let's knock Mommy Dearest down a peg, shall we?"
"You dare?" Queen Sitara bellowed, her eyes glowing with fiery light. "You have no hope of defeating me! The Nexus belongs to me!"
