"Me too," Nooroo admitted, saddened. None of them were in any condition to fight. Hawkmoth's defeat would bring a measure of peace, but they could only hope that it would last. Thousands of years, and Nooroo had seen countless forms of evil.

Hawkmoth, terrible as he had been, was far from the worst.

He'd still managed to cut deep.

"If something truly awful were to happen, you wouldn't be alone," he assured her softly. "The others would be awakened. The Master would see to it."