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The water-quadrant crawler who becomes the grim relay for Chris's plea to be killed when Imani can't bear to.
Elle, the ice-wielding Frost Maiden of the water-quadrant team, has learned to shield her crew's boat from the oil-rig's fireballs with an ice spell. When the Maggie-possessed Chris is petrified and can only communicate through his old teammates, it falls to Elle to relay the hardest words: with Imani refusing, Elle copies and pastes Chris's exact plea — "Carl, Donut. Please.
Kill me. It's okay. I give you permission.
You'll be helping me" — and adds her own hard-won honesty that if no solution can be found, she'd want the same for herself. She keeps relaying the trapped Chris's messages (his sponsors, the Algos plan) until his messaging privileges are suspended, a steady, unflinching conduit in an unbearable moment.
A Frost Maiden crawler wielding ice magic; specific features undescribed in these chapters.
The water-quadrant's ice-caster and the steady, painful relay for the trapped Chris's final wishes.
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