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21. The Enderwoman Is Back

   "SINCE WHEN ARE WE AT WAR?"

   A tall figure appears in Pogtopia, emerging from the not-so-secret tunnels.

   Stela manages to capture everybody's attention with a single sentence, having the entirety of Pogtopia staring at her in disbelief.

   "The enderwoman is back!" screams Tommy obnoxiously as the first person daring to speak up in Stela's presence.

   It's not that she's terrifying or that nobody wants to speak to her, but somehow, she carries a subliminal presence that makes everybody feel somewhat inferior.

   "Great, yeah, I'm here. I just wanna know how the hell did you guys manage to start a war within a month," says Stela, eyeing everyone who's present in Pogtopia.

   She smiles at Fundy, who has only recently joined Pogtopia's side. He gave Wilbur a book of Schlatt's weaknesses and said that he no longer believes in Schlatt. And neither does Quackity.

   "Pretty easily," Technoblade remarks with a shrug. "It's a government and we're against it. Nothing hard to understand."

   "I was set to be executed by Schlatt. Technoblade nearly killed me."

   Tubbo's voice is light, almost like he's deliberately trying to downplay the seriousness of the words he's saying.

   He even glances at Technoblade, a smile on his lips, to make sure the man doesn't beat himself up for it. It's unbelievably thoughtful of him. But the only person with a strong emotional reaction to it is Tommy.

   "It stays in the pit, Tommy."

   Technoblade reminds Tommy to not get too heated over the past that has been left behind. It's water under the bridge, or at least it should be.

   Though Tommy does like to bring it up whenever Technoblade somehow inconveniences either him or Tubbo.

   Stela eyes the two, her eyes narrowed.

   "So, Schlatt found out you were a spy?" Tubbo nods. "And he wanted to execute you but Technoblade didn't do it?"

   "Nope," says Tubbo, a huge grin appearing on his face. "Techno shot me with his rocket launcher, but we found out Nia has healing powers!"

   The excitement in Tubbo's voice would have been adorable, had it not been for the overall topic of the conversation.

   Stela takes a moment to properly examine the young boy, noticing the many burn scars across his face and hands. There is probably more. She wants to comment on Tubbo's denial of the seriousness of this topic, but ends up keeping quiet. She would hate to ruin his spirits.

   "I can't use those powers, by the way. I— that was just pure luck," Nia retorts, just in case Stela was going to interrogate the princess further.

   "Okay . . ." Stela nods.

   Her gaze stops at Wilbur, who stands further from everyone, leaning against the cold stonewall of the ravine. He looks almost indifferent, staring at his nails instead of actively partaking in the conversation.

   But Nia and Sara shake their heads before Stela even gets to ask about it.

   "No matter what, we're going to win," says Niki, full of optimism.

   "Well, there are more people on our side than Schlatt's," Fundy notes, shrugging. "He has more enemies than he has allies. And they don't even have to care about Pogtopia or L'Manburg."