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Bat Bat watched with wide eyes.
Then she licked her lips.
"Bat Bat hungry," she whispered.
Sekhmet glanced at her. "Feed," he said.
Bat Bat squealed in joy. "Yes!"
She hopped down and bit a thug's wrist.
Chomp.
The thug screamed, then tried to push her away, but Bat Bat flared her wings and slapped his face.
Smack!
"Stay!" Bat Bat ordered like she was a queen.
The thug froze, confused by the tiny authority.
Bat Bat drank, cheeks puffing slightly, then stopped and backed away.
"Good," she said, proud of her self-control. "Bat Bat not kill."
Sekhmet's eyes narrowed slightly.
"She learned that from me," he thought. "Or maybe from Elena."
The six rare bats descended too, each taking a victim, feeding briefly, then moving to another. They were disciplined. They did not frenzy.
They were minions.
They obeyed the master's command.
Sekhmet opened the void land gate again.
Fwoom…
Auri stepped out.
