It falls over again.

She should probably give the rest of them another dose too; they're starting to twitch.

Yeah, good idea. Zap zap zap.

And now would be an excellent time to strike at Occlus, while she's distracted. She probably won't have any trouble with Sel-Makor now that it's been weakened.

Yes, exactly, she whi—

No.

"Just die already you stupid evil thing stop getting in my head!"

"RRRRAAAAAUGGGHHH!!"

The room starts shaking like it's going to collapse, and she feels an almost wind-like sensation rushing past.

"Shut up!" she says, turning back to face the way she'd been facing—surely Occlus won't let the cave literally fall on them—

The not-wind ceases abruptly, and an expanding shell of purple light passes through her, stilling the tremors as it goes.

Thank you, Occlus, you are very useful and totally not at all a murder target.

"I think we're done here."

She turns around. "—what, really? That was the thing dying? Huh. I'd expected it to put up more of a fight." She looks at it and pokes her tongue out in its direction. "Stupid thing."

"I wouldn't say it was easy, exactly, but I do make it look that way."

She closes her eyes—is the influence gone?

Seems like... yep.

She breathes a relieved sigh. "Stupid thing. Congratulations."

"Thank you. Now, let us depart."

"Do let's."

Past the big ugly thing and the bats and the dogs, and further down the hall, a group of lightsaber'd Gormak. Occlus makes a small noise of approval.

"Sel-Makor is dead," Rafa declares, seizing the opportunity to be dramatic about it.

"I'm not sure it could be said to have been alive to begin with."

"...it doesn't exist anymore, is the point."

"The thrill of victory is no excuse for foregoing technical accuracy."

That startles the first laugh out of her in what feels like forever. "I suppose you're right. My apologies."

"Accepted. Try to keep it in mind."

"Yes, ma'am."

They make it out to the shuttle without incident. The land is still twisted and wrong, but in a more passive way. It's not actively reaching out to impose itself anymore.