[It would take breaking the xylophone more to break the curse on everyone, but losing one key entirely was enough to free Daqiang, close as he was to the instrument when the key was made irreparable.
His form shuddered and began to grow. Which he realized was not a good thing for the castle they were probably still under, or for Rem. Grabbing her with a now flesh-and-blood hand, he darted down the canal to the source of light even as the tunnel - now clearly meant to be a utility flow - began to feel tight around his shoulders. When he burst free, a portion of the ground exploded, but the two found themselves some distance from the castle at a small pond the water flowed in from.
Daqiang rolled, landing half-in the pond, with his upper body on the shore. He breathed heavily before opening his hand to gently set Rem and the toy-sized xylophone on the ground. After which he plucked the instrument from her fingers and crushed it in his fist, lighting it up with a burst of fire for good measure.
As the curse began to break on her, he teleported away in the usual burst of black smoke and orange sparks.]
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His form shuddered and began to grow. Which he realized was not a good thing for the castle they were probably still under, or for Rem. Grabbing her with a now flesh-and-blood hand, he darted down the canal to the source of light even as the tunnel - now clearly meant to be a utility flow - began to feel tight around his shoulders. When he burst free, a portion of the ground exploded, but the two found themselves some distance from the castle at a small pond the water flowed in from.
Daqiang rolled, landing half-in the pond, with his upper body on the shore. He breathed heavily before opening his hand to gently set Rem and the toy-sized xylophone on the ground. After which he plucked the instrument from her fingers and crushed it in his fist, lighting it up with a burst of fire for good measure.
As the curse began to break on her, he teleported away in the usual burst of black smoke and orange sparks.]