Holes!” I shouted again, rotating on the spot to look for him. “Holes, show yourself! I know you’re still around here! Stop this stupid game of hide and seek and fight me like a man!”
But no matter how loud I shouted, Holes did not reappear. I looked in every direction, but as far as I could tell, Holes had finally retreated.
“H-He seems to have run away, Jack,” said TW in my head again. “I c-can’t sense him anywhere. Perhaps he’s l-l*****g his wounds.”
“Like the coward he is,” I said with disgust.
“A-Actually, this is typical of him,” said TW. “Holes always knew when to give up. P-Presumably, you turned out to be harder than ex-expected.”
“So what?” I said. “He got away. I had him on the ropes, but he escaped anyway.”
“A-At least you got Aeolus,” said TW. “He hasn’t escaped, as far
