In about a half-hour they were in Death City, after about nine o'clock. Rex shook Wolf gently. "Yo, we're home," he said. "You slept the whole way home."

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A magic hologram appeared before Arachne's throne, bowing. "Draconae," she said. "I hope you have good news to report."
"I regret to say, Lady Arachne," the warlock said, "that the Kishin you sent was killed by a couple of students from the DWMA."
"Students?" she asked. "Hm. How unfortunate."
"But these weren't ordinary students," Draconae said.
"Explain."
"The Meister was a Reaper, and her Weapon had some kind of ability. When their powers combined, they killed the Banshee in one shot; if the battle had continued, I may have lost. [i]May[/u]."
"So Death's son was there," Arachne murmured.
"No, Lady Arachne. This was a girl. It seems that Death had another child."