Loopshard

Adam had no idea how Kat had been able to consume as many hearts as she had. He hadn’t been completely off-base on his guess about the Fiend Tongue’s side-effect, but the magnitude of it was way worse than he could’ve imagined.

With every heart she consumed, Kat experienced the memories of her victims.

All of them.

It sounded like it was similar to how the Scale of Remembrance worked in a way.

To anyone looking, it was instantaneous, but to her it was like reliving decades or longer. It wasn’t exactly that amount of time, but rather some sped-up version, though she likened it to consuming LSD and the timelessness it created. She also said it was so much worse with the bloodfiend hearts, because their lives were longer and their memories were filled with cruelty. Due to how she saw their lives through their perspectives, she admitted to feeling like they were her memories.

“It’s not worth using,” Adam said.

“My health, speed, and damage have all gone up by over 40,” she said. “I would need many upgrades to accomplish the same.”

“And you feel okay?” he asked sceptically.

“No. But none of us are okay. Look at how you are treating your own body, or how Luo and Sofia pushed themselves far beyond what they were comfortable with. We all want to survive. Those who did not give their all to the Trials are dead and gone. We who remain are broken, but we are alive. I will do whatever it takes to survive.”