[Verse 1]
Walking back to level twenty-nine
Bounty board updated while we were away
Solara leads — four hundred and fifty thousand
Herc matches her — four hundred and fifty
Cassie — three forty
Castor — two seventy
Aldric — two thirty
Lara — one eighty
And then
[Pre-Chorus]
Cygnus — two twenty-five
Which is fine
Crotus — fifty thousand
Which is also fine
[Chorus]
Persy and Rion
Forty-four and forty-two
Persy and Rion
Below the cook
Below the cook!!
The cook has a higher bounty!!
How does that happen
How does a cook —
[Verse 2]
Crotus said nothing
He kept walking
He did not look at Persy
He did not look at Rion
He stirred something
That he was already stirring
[Pre-Chorus 2]
“He cooks,” said Cassie
“He cooks well,” said Lara
“That is not the point!” said Persy
“That is entirely the point,” said Crotus
[Chorus]
Persy and Rion
Forty-four and forty-two
Persy and Rion
Below the cook
They walked the rest of the way in silence
Rion at the back
Persy at the front
Both of them very aware
Of the cook in the middle
[Bridge]
“I could learn to cook,” Persy said
“You could,” said Rion
“Would that help the bounty”
“Probably not”
“Why does he have fifty thousand”
“He cooks well”
“HOW WELL”
(Crotus smiled)
(He did not answer)
[Outro]
Gate to level thirty
Crew assembled
Solara at the front
Persy and Rion at the back
The cook in the middle
His bounty still fifty thousand
[footsteps through the gate]
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