He raised his claw from her.  She was bleeding from wounds in her stomach and pelvis.

He’d had a hard enough time killing this one.  If the other seven arrived?  No, he wouldn’t be able to stop them alone, and his lieutenants were not strong enough to hold them off.

Yeah, makes sense.

Also, intellectually I know that they’re one person down, but it still feels weird to see the “Slaughterhouse Nine” split into “one” and “seven”.

“And you won’t rescind these orders and requests?”

If he joins, maybe?

“I will.  If you join.  You give me your word, I leave.  You will be tested.  Your people left alone.  When the test is done you’re… either dead or one of us.”

Sounds about right. Most of the Fellowship members seem the type to go quite intense on their tests.

Now let’s take a moment to consider that this presumably applies equally much to Bitch.

I wonder what happens if they both succeed. Do they duke it out over the open spot?

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