He whispered a promise to the ash of his only friend.
Yugo’s vision swam with red. The scent of Gil’s blood became intoxicating. The rational part of his brain—the part that remembered sparring with Gil under a cherry blossom tree, sharing contraband sake, laughing about the absurdity of their genetic curse—was drowned in a flood of pure, predatory instinct. bloody roar 4
They charged.
Yuri saw his lips move, though she couldn't hear the words. But she didn't need to. The look in his eyes said it all. He whispered a promise to the ash of his only friend
And at the heart of its enforcement was Dr. Yuri Mikado. The rational part of his brain—the part that
His body convulsed. The laboratory coat tore as his spine elongated, jade-green scales erupting through his skin. His jaw unhinged, splitting into a reptilian maw filled with serrated teeth. Twin horns curled from his temples. Gil Orville was gone. In his place stood Lizard, a towering, sinewy beast of instinct and fury.