Make it back.

The moment you, Delphi, and Nyllia tumble onto the grass just outside the castle itself, she snaps her fingers, and after another nauseating moment, you're back to your normal size. As are the other two, you see once you pull yourself up. With a groan, you return to your feet, but you quickly make your way to Delphi first and foremost. She's still in the grass. You lean down and scoop her up into your hands.

"Hey! Are you okay?" you ask.

She sighs. "... Yeah. I just don't really want to move right now."

"Not to overwhelm you, but do you have any idea what happened?"

Delphi slides her hands down her face. "It happened. I hit 10th level and everything changed. I remember everything, but I couldn't control myself. It was like some sort of deep, dark insanity took me over... like I was some kind of feral pixie, unable to hold back our people's fun-loving nature. But that fun was turned into something twisted. It's like I was an unseelie or something."

"He called you Aridni," says Nyllia. "I suppose that was to be your name. Or perhaps it was what he called the form."

"But are you all right now?" you ask. "You've regained control?"

"I think so."

"This happened to me, you know. I was almost tempted into their control, but I somehow broke free. I think it was the strength of my allies that helped me through it. So I was wishing that if I were there for you, it'd do the same. I hope it helped."

She smiles softly. "It did." Finally, she brings herself up into a sit. Idly, as she speaks, she runs her hand along your thumb. "Something was beckoning me to succumb, but I felt an overwhelming warmth, and it pulled me away from the light. Though admittedly, it was hard to pay attention to either side. All I could hear was the sound of my own laughter. As messed up as it sounds, I was... having a lot of fun."

"Really, you didn't hurt anybody," you say. "Though it was likely to get worse."

Nyllia crosses her arms. "Though I would rather you not bind me in such a way again, at least you disabled our enemies even moreso."

Delphi smirks. "That's true. I hope we face them again, to be honest. I'd love to bind that adorable Anastasia girl in even more humiliating ways."

"I still can't believe that asswipe was lurking so close to our home," you say. "That's it. Tomorrow morning, we begin our plan to disassemble every laboratory of his we can find. One by one, we'll work our way to the guy himself and take him out for good."

The pixie flutters her wings. Slowly, she lifts up from your hands and into the air once again. "Guess we're both failures now, Kyle."

"We're both his failures, but that's because we're even better successes on our own," you reply. "You didn't fail today, Delphi. You were strong enough to resist temptation, and now he has yet another experiment turned against him."

"That's great to hear, but I really need some sleep after all that. I was trying until I was so rudely interrupted by my own madness."

"You deserve it. Sleep well, Delphi. Just remember if that anything happens, we're here. Just come and find us."

Nyllia nods. "I will follow her and make certain she finds her sleep safely."

"I don't need an escort," says Delphi.

"It is my **** for what you did to me then. Come. Do not complain."

With a sigh, the pixie follows beside her.

Nyllia turns back one more time to give you a smile, and then a wink, before continuing on.