Alchemised

Helena sees less and less of Kaine. She spends time foraging or healing in the meantime. One day, she encounters a horde of necrothralls and uses the combat skills she learned from Kaine to fight them off. Kaine comes to her rescue and tends to her wounds.

Over the weeks following, Jan becomes increasingly frustrated with Kaine’s lack of information. Helena continues meeting with him, glad to be spending more time together again. Kaine opens up to Helena more, too, particularly about his mother. They also continue their animancy training. During one session, Helena gets upset with Kaine for being too aggressive, reiterating that she isn’t like him.

As the war progresses, the Resistance seeks out weaponry to fight the Undying. Kaine becomes increasingly worried that Helena doesn’t have the appropriate weaponry for herself. They get into another disagreement. Helena wants to satisfy Jan and Ilva’s task but knows she’ll never be able to defeat Kaine. When she meets with her overseers again, they scold her for abusing her position and compromising herself by getting too close to Kaine.