A'yu carried the Heavenly Maiden on her back, watching Li Banfeng as she moved step by step toward the window. "Brother, your plan was clever, but I can't be your dwelling spirit."
Li Banfeng pulled up a chair, sat down in the wooden house, and looked up at A'yu. "Why can't you be my dwelling spirit?"
"I was already someone else's dwelling spirit. There's a Dwelling Cultivator in my house." A'yu looked back at the Heavenly Maiden.
Li Banfeng tipped the brim of his hat. "Elder Sister, I've been a Dwelling Cultivator for so many years; I know the rules. In my own dwelling, I called your name and you answered. As long as your Dwelling Cultivator doesn't object, it counts as giving up the dwelling spirit. The matter's set in stone—what else is there to say?"
A'yu pursed her lips and looked back at the Heavenly Maiden once more. "Actually, she doesn't agree."
"Then have her say a word." Li Banfeng made a very reasonable request.
A chorus of voices clamored in A'yu's ears:
"That's right, have her say something!"
"She can't even speak—she's clearly dead."
"Her Dwelling Cultivator is dead, so what's she splitting hairs for? Isn't she just a masterless dwelling spirit?"
"Us taking you in is your good fortune!"
"Well said! Don't be ungrateful!"
A'yu's hearing was poor, so most of the voices sounded somewhat muffled.
Why was this dwelling so strange?
Not only was it strange, but A'yu could also sense something else: no one had maintained or tended to this dwelling for a very long time.
A dwelling left untended would be rather sluggish. If she ran right now, she should still have a chance to get away.
"Old Seven, listen to me. I'm very grateful that you brought me to Hulu Village. Let me go down below the clouds to check on A'yi, and we can discuss the rest later." A'yu appeared calm as she spoke, though she felt nervous inside. Li Qi's cultivation was not low, nor was the rank of this dwelling. If she broke the covenant of Dwelling Cultivation and ran away without permission, she would likely face severe punishment.
Yet if she could successfully break free, there was still hope of turning things around.
Li Banfeng said, "Don't worry about that. In a little while, I'll call A'yi up here so you two can reunite."
A faint blush rose on A'yu's cheeks. "I'm your senior brother's woman. It wouldn't be proper between us."
The dwellings were startled upon hearing this and began chattering all at once.
"What did that little vixen just say?"
"She said she's his senior brother's woman."
"Our Dwelling Cultivator is quite ruthless too, daring to lay hands on his own senior brother's woman."
"Don't talk nonsense—maybe the senior brother is willing."
"If he isn't willing, just take the senior brother in too and let them live together."
Gradually, the dwelling's voices faded. They grew quiet, silently watching the two of them.
Li Banfeng thought about it. "You're serving as my dwelling spirit, not my wife. What's improper about that? Besides, I already have a wife."
"In short, it's just not proper—" Hoisting the Heavenly Maiden onto her back, A'yu sprang up abruptly and leapt out the window.
Never underestimate the physical gifts of a Scry Cultivator. A'yu could fly. Even if she didn't fly fast, she could seize the perfect opportunity.
Her line just now—"I'm your senior brother's woman"—had caused the dwelling to drop all its guard, intently waiting for what came next. That had given A'yu her chance to escape.
A dwelling spirit who fled without permission had to hide from dwellings and Dwelling Cultivators for the rest of her life; whenever she faced Li Banfeng in the future, she would surely be at a disadvantage.
Even so, A'yu still chose to flee. Leaping out the window, she was just pondering where to go next when she suddenly felt a powerful gravitational pull behind her, preventing her from flying away.
Was there a vortex behind her?
A'yu had no idea where the vortex had come from. And simply because she was delayed for a brief moment by it, invisible hands reached out from the house, dragging her bodily back into the room.
Clang!
A'yu crashed onto the floorboards as the dwelling's furious scolding rang in her ears:
"Still trying to run?"
"Her legs ought to be broken!"
"Break them, nurse them back to health, and break them again once they're healed!"
It wouldn't be so easy for A'yu to jump out the window again; this dwelling wouldn't fall for the same trick twice.
All sorts of furnishings and items in the house came hurtling at A'yu like a pelting storm. She could anticipate the trajectories of some objects, but others came without the slightest warning, leaving her no time to react.
After being battered by the dwelling for a good while, bruised and battered with her clothes torn to tatters, A'yu yelled at Li Banfeng, "Li Qi, don't force me to fight to the death!"
Wearing an innocent smile, Li Banfeng looked at A'yu and said happily, "You know what? This is pretty fun."
A'yu was startled. Adjusting her torn garments, she shrank back into a corner. "What do you want to play at? Do you dare—"
Looking closely at Li Banfeng's eyes, A'yu realized she had misunderstood him. Li Banfeng wasn't looking to play with her; he had discovered a very amusing technique.
When using Riding the Wind and Driving the Clouds, one could create a vortex.
Not only could this vortex bring oneself down, but it could also suck others back in.
Floating Clouds Inquiring at Stations hadn't lied—this really was tremendous fun.
Beside him, A'yu pleaded, "Brother, for your brother's sake, just let your sister-in-law go outside and take a look."
Li Banfeng shook his head. "That definitely won't do. This place was prepared specifically for you."
According to the tactic Li Banfeng and Old Train had devised, if Old Train could bring A'yu and the Heavenly Maiden to Hulu Village, Li Banfeng would send them into the dwelling to settle them down as dwelling spirits.
If Old Train failed, Li Banfeng would use the companion dwelling to drag Old Train along and bring A'yu and the Heavenly Maiden to Hulu Village, likewise escorting them into this dwelling to settle down as dwelling spirits.
However, all of this was predicated on the assumption that A'yu only wanted to escape and harbored no other intentions.
Yet Li Banfeng knew full well that A'yu had other plans, sharing the exact same desire as Red Lotus back home—they desperately wanted to reunite.
That meant there was another possibility: A'yu might infiltrate the companion dwelling, a scenario with an extremely high probability of occurring.
To prepare for that eventuality, Li Banfeng and his wife had specially devised two tactics:
First, Li Banfeng would use Broadening the Bridal Chamber to send A'yu into the dwelling in Hulu Village. Because Hulu Village was a hidden location, connecting to it was exceedingly difficult and required a considerable amount of time. His wife, leading Hong Ying, Jiu'er, and the second room, had fought desperately to delay them precisely for this reason.
Second, if Li Banfeng couldn't buy enough time, they would find a way to make A'yu submit and acknowledge him as master inside the companion dwelling. This option was extremely dangerous; if A'yu became a dwelling spirit of the companion dwelling, she would have to reside there permanently. Even with Li Banfeng and the old gentleman keeping her in check, with A'yu's cunning mind, obtaining Red Lotus would only be a matter of time.
Now, the outcome was quite satisfactory, so Li Banfeng certainly wasn't going to let A'yu leave. "Elder Sister, just wait here. I'll bring A'yi up to see you in a bit. In the meantime, tidy up the room."
Li Banfeng descended from the cloud.
He just left like that?
A'yu sneered. "Act arrogant all you want!"
Inside the companion dwelling, Zhao Xiaowan, Hong Ying, the second room's Shadow Cultivator, and that good-for-nothing jade Jiu'er—with all of them combined, they hadn't been able to stop A'yu and the Heavenly Maiden.
And now Li Banfeng had just walked away, expecting a single house like this to trap her?
A'yu searched all around for flaws in the dwelling; so long as there was the slightest opening, it could never escape her eyes.
The windows were definitely out of the question—the dwelling was guarding them heavily.
There seemed to be a crack in the ceiling.
A'yu hoisted the Heavenly Maiden onto her back and prepared to leap toward the roof. But the dwelling began to creak and groan, issuing a warning:
"I don't want to hurt you, so don't run around!" The dwelling's voice sounded aged and weathered, like that of an eighty- or ninety-year-old man.
Old as it was, this dwelling was formidable, every shudder of the floorboards packed with tremendous force.
Having acknowledged him as master before the Dwelling Cultivator, A'yu didn't want to clash head-on with the dwelling. Turning to the Heavenly Maiden, she said, "Use Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest once more."
A drop of blood fell from the Heavenly Maiden's fingertip. The technique of Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest could not be used frequently; only after waiting a long time did the art take effect.
"I... I..." The dwelling's voice grew sluggish, brought under control by the Heavenly Maiden's Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest.
A'yu leapt up to the ceiling, intending to slip out through the crack, when she suddenly heard an old woman's voice drift down from upstairs.
"Do you want to come to my room?" The old woman's tone brimmed with yearning.
A'yu hastily dropped back to the floor. She activated a Scry Cultivator technique, but couldn't see what the old woman looked like. Turning to the Heavenly Maiden, she said, "Disperse the Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest technique outward."
The Heavenly Maiden gave no response.
She couldn't spread it outward.
A'yu was baffled. Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest could usually commandeer an entire compound; why had it only captured a single room today?
Could this single room count as an entire compound?
Realizing something was wrong, A'yu turned back to the Heavenly Maiden. "Use Broadening the Bridal Chamber to swap this room to the roof."
Having already occupied this room with Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest, using Broadening the Bridal Chamber was child's play.
Yet the room failed to swap to the roof. The old woman upstairs refused to yield her spot, and downstairs, a little girl was gripping the room tightly.
"Elder Sister, where are you going? Come down and play with me!" From the sound of her voice, the little girl seemed to be tugging firmly at the ceiling.
A'yu shouted, "Swap next door!"
The Heavenly Maiden exerted her power, but they couldn't swap next door either. A young woman responded, "Don't be in a rush. You're so handsome, I like you very much too. Once I finish putting on my makeup, I'll come look for you."
The Heavenly Maiden repeatedly employed Broadening the Bridal Chamber, yet the room refused to budge an inch.
The old man shouted, "Stop squeezing! I can't move! Just be a good dwelling spirit for me."
The old woman snorted. "You old scoundrel, she isn't yours alone!"
The woman next door agreed. "That's right. From now on, each of us gets her for a day."
A'yu ground her teeth. "Do you know who I am? Do you know who this is on my back? You really aren't afraid of dying!"
The woman next door chuckled. "In a one-on-one fight, we'd certainly be no match for you two. But there are more of us."
A'yu's face contorted fiercely. "So what if there are more of you?"
The old woman upstairs sighed. "Young lady, don't try to be brave. You've already acknowledged him as master before the Dwelling Cultivator. How could you possibly go head-to-head against the dwelling now?"
A'yu said angrily, "I only recognized one master! How could I have recognized so many of you dwellings?"
The woman next door said, "But we only recognize one Dwelling Cultivator. We have only one master."
A'yu stroked the Heavenly Maiden's arm. "I can make you change masters."
"That will be difficult," the little girl downstairs earnestly advised. "This master has a covenant deed—and it's a deed given by the peddler. You'd better think it through carefully."
A'yu bit her lip.
A deed from the peddler was truly not something easy to deal with.
***
Zhao Xiaowan emerged from the companion dwelling and found the key Li Banfeng had left behind in a corner of the Dark Star Bureau's lobby.
The locomotive was still parked in the lobby. As she picked up the key, Zhao Xiaowan heard Old Train's voice:
"I've forgotten what place this is, and I've forgotten what I was supposed to do. I've nearly forgotten what my name is."
Zhao Xiaowan didn't chime in; Old Train didn't seem to be speaking to her anyway.
Little Train spoke up: "Do you need me to remind you? Your name is Eighteen Wheels. This is the Dark Star Bureau, and you came here to let the Heavenly Maiden and A'yu out."
"Let them out? That won't do!" Old Train suddenly turned extremely irritable. "Why are you making me do such a thing? What are your intentions?"
Little Train chuckled. "Old fellow, if you didn't want to come yourself, who could force you?"
Old Train's headlamps flickered. "I must go. I sense danger approaching—several old friends are about to arrive."
"What's the rush? Your body is whole now; not one of those old friends is your match."
Old Train puffed out steam, sounding like a sigh. "Whole doesn't necessarily mean good. I still want to slide out my artisan cultivator half. Leaving it inside my body always makes me feel uncomfortable."
Little Train laughed. "If you slide your artisan cultivator half out, where will you put it? If it really falls into the hands of the Outer States, won't Puluo Province be the one suffering in the end?"
"I'm fretting over that very thing. Brother, could you look after the artisan cultivator half for me?"
Little Train fell silent for a moment before saying, "I can't agree to that. I don't like your artisan cultivator half either. I'm used to being free and unfettered, while he has far too many troublesome quirks. He annoys me."
Old Train was left speechless. Even he found his artisan cultivator half annoying, so it was only reasonable that Little Train would refuse.
After a brief pause, Old Train's headlamps flickered again. "Since you like being free and unfettered, do you want to travel out in the world with me? I'll speak to Li Qi and have him leave you by my side. The two of us brothers can travel all across the land. Don't worry, I'll find good things to trade with him so Old Seven won't get the short end of the stick."
Woo, woo—
Little Train blew his whistle. "I traveled to many places with you in the past. Even if there are places I haven't been to, it'll be just the same to go see them with Ah Qi later."
Old Train gave a deep sigh. "Little Train, are you holding a grudge against me? Have you cast aside our past affection?"
Chuff, chuff—
Little Train prepared to depart.
"Old Train, I remember all our affection. As for the road ahead, we don't necessarily have to walk it together."
Chuff, chuff, chuff—
Zhao Xiaowan left the Dark Star Bureau building, and Little Train moved away into the distance.
Old Train suddenly called out, "Little Train, you really won't come with me?"
Hoooot—
Amid the blast of the whistle, Little Train's voice drifted back: "Do you know? I have a name now. My surname is Sui, and my name is Companion Dwelling."
***
A'yi sat in the room, staring at A'yu for a while, then whispered to Li Banfeng, "You know what? She really is quite pretty."
Many voices in the room echoed in agreement:
"Pretty, indeed she's pretty."
"What's the use of just being pretty? Looking at her frame, she isn't very plump; who knows if she'll be easy to keep alive."
"After all these years, we've finally gotten a dwelling spirit. We must raise her well. Wonder how her appetite is, and whether she can still eat."
Li Banfeng looked at A'yi. "Haven't you seen your mother before?"
"I have! We kowtowed, we drank together, we were closer than blood sisters, it's just..." A'yi stared at A'yu for another moment. "Eldest Sister, after so many years, I've kind of forgotten what you look like. Were you this good-looking in the past?"
Smack!
A'yu slapped A'yi. "Is that how you speak to your mother?"
A'yu was indeed attractive, more good-looking than A'yi and Jiu'er. But upon noticing the Heavenly Maiden lying on the floor, A'yi abruptly changed her mind.
"How could a human being look like that? This is way too pretty!" A'yi thought the Heavenly Maiden was far prettier than A'yu.
Li Banfeng hadn't paid attention to the Heavenly Maiden's appearance, nor had anyone else in the household.
Even if they had wanted to pay attention, it wouldn't have been easy; while she was on A'yu's back, nobody could see the Heavenly Maiden's face clearly.
Now that the Heavenly Maiden was no longer on A'yu's back, they could see her quite clearly.
Her skin was fair and clean, and her facial features were well-proportioned.
Her hair was somewhat disheveled, and she probably lacked the energy to tend to it ordinarily. Stained with mud and blood from the fighting just now, she looked rather bedraggled.
Li Banfeng nodded slightly. "Passable, I suppose."
A'yi was astonished. "Just passable?"
A'yu glared at Li Qi. "Speak with a conscience! There is no one in this world fairer than her!"
A'yi nodded. "I don't think even Zhao Xiaowan can compare to her."
A'yu sneered. "Zhao Xiaowan is far behind!"
Li Banfeng sprang to his feet. This was his dwelling, and the aura of authority that suddenly erupted gave the two women quite a fright.
"Where does she fall short? How does my wife fall short of her? My wife has a giant horn—does she have one?"
A'yi looked at A'yu, having no idea what a giant horn meant.
A'yu looked at the Heavenly Maiden and asked Li Banfeng, "Let's make one thing clear first: what are the two of us sisters going to eat here?"
A'yi slapped her thigh. "Mother, listen to what you're saying! What kind of bond do we sisters share? How could I mistreat you? As long as you stick with me, your little sister, you'll be living in clover every day!"
A'yu rolled her eyes at A'yi. "Am I short on your bite to eat? Am I someone greedy for food?"
A'yi murmured, "Tonight there's leg of lamb and noodles with chili oil."
A'yu wiped the corner of her mouth. "Let me tell you, what we eat doesn't matter. Us sisters dining together is all for the sake of our bond. Setting aside the lamb leg and chili noodles for now, the Heavenly Maiden and I must take the Outer States' harmonizing agent. I only have a three-day supply on me, nothing more."
Li Banfeng asked, "You can't even go a single day without it?"
"What do you think?" A'yu glared. "Why else would we work for the Outer States?"
Li Banfeng still didn't understand. "Why do you have to take harmonizing agents?"
A'yu explained, "Both the Heavenly Maiden and I suffered severe injuries, with our souls and physiques heavily damaged and difficult to heal. Our cultivation is too high, and our souls and physiques cannot bear such immense power, so naturally we must use harmonizing agents to channel and regulate it."
What she said sounded plausible enough.
Having laid enough groundwork, A'yu got down to business: "The Dark Star Bureau's harmonizing agents and channeling agents have all been moved away, and I hear they're hard to come by on the black market now. The Heavenly Maiden and I have to take quite a lot each day, so you really need to give this matter careful thought.
"My flower-like younger daughter has become your concubine, and my elder daughter, who's even prettier than the younger one, has become your sworn sister. Two girls sweeter than honey both belong to you now. Do you have the heart to watch me starve?"
Li Banfeng said with a solemn expression, "Elder Sister, I definitely won't let you starve. Harmonizing agents are tough to come by, but I'll think of something. I'll always be able to find some."
He could have as many harmonizing agents as he wanted; Li Banfeng possessed the formula.
However, A'yu's hearing was dull, and at this moment she could not hear Li Banfeng's inner voice.
A'yu sighed. "Having you running around everywhere for this makes me feel guilty. In fact, when I went looking for Red Lotus earlier, it was also to settle this once and for all.
"Back when we were first trapped by Old Train, we relied on Red Lotus to stabilize our cultivation. Later, when Red Lotus was lost, we switched to the Dark Star Bureau's harmonizing agents.
"Now that we're all one family, I might as well lay everything out in the open. Sister just wants to borrow Red Lotus for a short while. Three to five minutes would do, and for the entire year to come, we won't have to trouble you again. Brother, could you do me this favor?"
A'yi looked at Li Banfeng and said, "Brother, what my mother says sounds quite sincere."
Li Banfeng remained silent.
A'yi turned back to A'yu. "Elder Sister, he isn't buying it. Why don't you lay down a couple more lines of groundwork?"
Thump!
A'yu kicked A'yi and looked at Li Banfeng. "Everything Sister said is the truth. Just bring Red Lotus over for a brief moment. You can watch the whole time; Sister definitely harbors no other motives."
Li Banfeng gave A'yu a sincere smile. "Elder Sister, leave the matter of the harmonizing agents to me, don't worry about it. But now, we must settle our accounts. I brought you to Hulu Village, which is far better than handing the television over to A'yi. Shouldn't you offer a bit more by way of compensation?"
"Oh, listen to you," A'yu sneered. "You did business with A'yi, so naturally you should settle accounts with her. What does that have to do with me? Don't tell me you want to take a cut from both ends of us sisters?"
A'yi chimed in, "Sister, that's not how it works. I am me, and you are you. I had an agreement with Old Seven, but between you and him, that has to be settled separately—"
Thud!
A'yu kicked her again. "Get lost, you money-losing wretch!"
Li Banfeng sat up straight and said, "We agreed back then that you would help me fight the Bandit Suppression Battalion."
A'yu rolled her eyes. "Brother, those words flatter Sister far too much. With your magnificent abilities, what help could Sister possibly offer? Sister won't go adding to your burdens."
Li Banfeng curled his lip. "You think you can just say you won't help? If you don't help, I'll use Sprawling Compound to borrow techniques from you."
A'yu's eyes widened in defiance. "And I just won't lend them! Let's see what you can do about it!"
The temperature in the room dropped abruptly, sending shivers through A'yi.
Li Banfeng could sense a very potent danger, but it was not directed at him.
Voices came from within the dwelling.
First, the old man: "What did she just say?"
Then the old woman: "The Dwelling Cultivator asked to borrow a technique, and she just said she wouldn't lend it!"
Next, the young woman: "What an insolent hussy! Who does she think she is, rebelling like this?"
The old man again: "There must be rules in this house! We can't let her run wild like this."
The little girl shouted, "Use the house rules! We definitely have to beat this one!"
A'yu looked all around, glaring at Li Banfeng. "Just how many dwellings are here, and where did all these dwellings come from?"
Li Banfeng shook his head and said with utter sincerity, "I'm not very familiar with them either."
Voices sounded from the dwelling again, this time addressing Li Banfeng:
"No worries, we'll get familiar over time."
"We're all our own people."
"We'll help you discipline this little vixen!"
A'yi looked around. "Why do I keep feeling like people are talking in the room? Eldest Sister, I'm not crazy—I really hear people talking, but what they say is too muffled; I can't hear clearly."
A'yu turned to A'yi. "Isn't this Hulu Village? You should know the origin of this dwelling."
A'yi wore an innocent look. "I really don't know where this dwelling came from. When Old Seven told me about it, I could hardly believe it. Only after seeing it with my own eyes did I know such a place existed."
A'yu's face twisted ferociously. "Wench, you dare play dumb with me? Treating your mother like this—we'll settle this score slowly later!
"Li Qi, if you want to borrow techniques from me, I agree to it. Do you have any other demands?"
Li Banfeng nodded. "Of course! We agreed back then that you'd also teach me a Dwelling Cultivator technique."
Hearing this, A'yi immediately got up. "Mother, I won't eavesdrop on matters of cultivation techniques."
Watching A'yi slip out the door, A'yu muttered resentfully, "She sure runs fast when it suits her."
Stepping out of the dwelling, A'yi looked back at the house's structure and murmured, "Mother, don't do anything reckless."
A'yu looked at Li Banfeng. "Brother, what technique do you want to learn?"
Li Qi folded his arms into his sleeves and squatted down beside A'yu. "That depends on what techniques you have."
A'yu snapped, "Pull your hands out! Don't keep them tucked in your sleeves! Seeing you look like that makes me want to hit you!"
Li Banfeng kept his hands tucked into his sleeves, refusing to pull them out.
A'yu ground her teeth. "One technique is called Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest. It's a lifesaver for Dwelling Cultivators. When you go into someone else's house, you can temporarily turn their place into your own. Any techniques you can use at home can also be used in their house."
Li Banfeng nodded. "Not bad."
"Not bad it may be, but it's extremely difficult to learn, and the cost is immense. Especially when facing a high-tier Dwelling Cultivator's dwelling, with your current cultivation, your stamina would be completely drained in just a few minutes."
Li Banfeng nodded slightly, but set this technique aside in his mind.
For other Dwelling Cultivators, fighting outside their own dwellings was exceedingly perilous, so possessing Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest truly offered a guarantee of survival.
However, Li Banfeng didn't need to worry about that. He had the companion dwelling, which followed him wherever he went. For him, Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest was somewhat superfluous.
"Are there other techniques?"
"There are!" A'yu lowered her voice and leaned toward Li Banfeng's ear. "This technique is truly formidable, but it's even harder to learn than Dove Occupying the Magpie's Nest."
Li Banfeng rubbed his ear. "Tell me about it."
A'yu's expression turned even more mysterious. "This technique is designed specifically to ward against thieves. If there's something vital in your house, you place a spirit mark upon it. If anyone takes that item, the spirit mark will alert your senses."
This technique didn't sound particularly interesting either. Whether it was the old gentleman or the glove, Li Banfeng never lacked house guardians.
Seeing that Li Banfeng showed little interest, A'yu added, "Once you sense that something has been stolen, a streak of mystic light will burst forth, and the thief will be grievously wounded by this mystic light."
Li Banfeng was startled. "What is mystic light?"
A'yu countered, "Have you ever seen heavenly light?"
With his hands tucked in his sleeves, Li Banfeng squatted on the ground, nodding vigorously. "I've seen it. I'm very familiar with it."
A'yu smiled. "Brother, this technique is called Mystic Light Slaying Evil. Do you want to learn it?"
"I do!" Li Banfeng smiled ingenuously.
"Do you have the tier capacity to learn another technique?"
Li Banfeng's smile froze. He shook his head. "No."
"Ah!" A'yu let out a long sigh. "Then there's nothing to be done. Even if I want to teach you, you can't learn it."
"Don't worry, I'll go get some qi. I'll advance right away!" Li Banfeng trotted out of the dwelling.
A'yu looked around and murmured under her breath, "I refuse to believe I can't get out of here!"
Chapter 775