267 CCLXVII. Powers In Contrast

Freydis turned her head again, as if those human feelings no longer belonged to her, as if the empathy she had always felt towards Dag had vanished forever. 

"No… Dag?! What do you want to do?!" Karl yelled, after seeing the way his friend had drawn up the weapons.

"I'm going to get that thing out of your neck, Freydis. At the cost of my own life. I just ask you to resist and fight against their control..." he continued, looking up at her with tears in his eyes, as his only purple eye began to shine again, as during the battle on Vaeren Island.

"Dag!" shouted Gridd, still close to Ellen and the others.

He turned back, looking at his sister, who was able to grasp the pain he was feeling at the time. 

"Don't die, brother" the Shieldmaiden replied, trying to convey courage to him.