Through it all, Blue had been with him. A trusted companion since the beginning.

He still remembered the first time he saw it; it shocked him enough to unsummon it immediately.

Although it was much shorter at the time, only as high as Jay’s waist, it was just as fearsome back then as it was today, though it stood much taller, its bones thicker and longer, and carried a fearsome sword which it fueled with its own necrotic essence.