"What sins?!" the crab's deep voice thundered across the celestial expanse, its enormous body trembling with indignation as the surrounding stars bent around its silver shell. "The only sin I have ever committed was believing that you were my friends, my family! Was it not by your own orders that I—"
Before Ka'mir could finish, a torrent of celestial fire suddenly erupted from the hand of the man who had once walked beside him, crossing the vast distance between them in an instant. The flames struck the crab's enormous shell, scattering brilliant sparks across the darkness and forcing its massive body backward, while the surrounding stars briefly vanished beneath the radiance of the attack.
