Hoffman grinned, pulling a half-squashed energy bar from his vest. “Welcome to the apocalypse, newbie. Try the jerky.”
Then the light came.
RUNE paused. For a microsecond, the red lines in her skin flickered amber. A glitch. A memory? She whispered something none of them expected: “I was you. In a build they deleted.” Back 4 Blood-RUNE
RUNE tilted her head, mimicking the Crone. “Simplification. I am a recursive deletion protocol. The Ridden are a symptom. You are the virus.” Hoffman grinned, pulling a half-squashed energy bar from