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"Don't, don't harm the girl in your hands." Seeing Maeve in the hands of that homicidal maniac, even the usually poised and calm Venom panicked.
As the wire suspending Maeve left the scene, Venom saw how Maeve disappeared in an instant. Knowing something was amiss, she quickly took the opportunity to follow, swiftly locating Yves King, and they rushed to the top of the theater together.
Yves King, seeing his daughter in that man's grasp, grew exceptionally cold. His eyes fixated on Caesar as he said, "Caesar, if you are still a man, fight me in a duel. I am the 'king' you're looking for."
Caesar, with Maeve in his arms, had eyes filled with tenderness, not at all resembling a deranged killing machine but more like a doting father. In his mind, his own daughter was about the same age; when he had left, he had held her in the same way, she too dressed in a pure white dress, clutching that collectible doll toy—everything was so vivid, so familiar.