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Ren refuses to kill friends for the final key, transfers her pet and arsenal to Carl, and chooses a self-determined death with Khulan.
Ren sees that the Capitol key cannot be safely transferred before the doorway fails. She sets down her flamethrower and refuses Carl's suggestions to seek or fight for another key.
She tells Carl that his and Donut's survival matters beyond individual lives because they embody hope and have purchased a real fight against responsible powers on the ninth floor. She believes Imani would refuse a sacrificial key for the same reason.
Ren donates her equipment, scrolls, Eye in the Sky stock, cards, and coins. She kills Garret with Sylvan crystal so he resets and can bond with Carl, protecting the pet from witnessing or sharing her death.
Wearing only an explosive bracer and dog-paw locket, Ren decides to deny viewers the expected fight and die beside Khulan on her own terms. She confesses to Donut that she cheated in their pet rivalry, then asks Carl to make the organizers suffer.
A dog-shaped woman beside an empty flamethrower harness, pet carrier, explosive bracer, and dog-paw locket.
Ren converts her unavoidable loss into resources, pet survival, truth for Donut, and refusal of the spectacle's preferred ending.
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