"Me and Zack haven't lost our memories yet, but you give us names anyway?" Max said, turning to Shadow.

"There's a lot of power in names, you can use it with your ability to defeat Scarlett."

"Look, what's the deal with this 'defeating Scarlett' thing? We're only after my brother's blade."

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"She has it though, right? You wouldn't be able to magically bring it over to you just like that; Scarlett's smarter than that. You have to plan her every move! Get inside her head!"

"How am I going to do that?"

"Allow me to demonstrate." Shadow said.

Wait, what?

Before Shadow can strike him, Max dodged.

"That's what I'm talking about, Scratch."

"I'm not Scratch!" Max argued.

"Deep inside, you are."

Max sighed.