Will you truly fix this?

They were no longer the familiar deep brown but had transformed into a piercing gray-green, mirroring the very eyes of Ymat.

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"Enough, Ymat," Sophia commanded, her voice trembling but firm. "They are beyond saving. Dispose of them and cast their near death bodies far into the forest. Let them die slowly, their flesh torn apart by the elements and scavengers."

Ymat nodded, understanding the gravity of her order. With a solemn expression, he bent down, gripping the bodies with a sense of detached efficiency.

Ymat lifted the bodies and, without ceremony, hurled them toward the dense forest that loomed at the edge of the keep. The thud of the bodies hitting the ground was muffled by the dense undergrowth, but the finality of their fate was clear.

Sophia watched as the figures of Ymat and the discarded bodies gradually faded from view, feeling a dark satisfaction mixed with sorrow.