Huh? [Dante twists, catching sight of James--it's the distraction the voice seems to have been waiting for.] James? What are you--
Open your hearts.
[It's a voice that both of them will be able to hear, and Dante shouts as all of his limbs suddenly tense up, pulled in each direction as though he's being quartered. He can feel what he's come to know as the darkness twisting in his heart, that mass of dark emotions, anger and jealousy and resentment and hatred all rolling in on itself and fueling the fire in his veins. There's darkness in everybody, but he can't see if James is lifted from his feet as well, can't know...]
Why do you resist? Your heart already belongs to darkness; it is easy for me to control you.
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Open your hearts.
[It's a voice that both of them will be able to hear, and Dante shouts as all of his limbs suddenly tense up, pulled in each direction as though he's being quartered. He can feel what he's come to know as the darkness twisting in his heart, that mass of dark emotions, anger and jealousy and resentment and hatred all rolling in on itself and fueling the fire in his veins. There's darkness in everybody, but he can't see if James is lifted from his feet as well, can't know...]
Why do you resist? Your heart already belongs to darkness; it is easy for me to control you.
James, get out of here!