Where’s the heart for “let me serve you and love you”?

What kind of relationship does your muse want with mine?

β€œHmmm… Yes, you are right to wonder, Beast. How can such an important heart be missing? And where might it be found…?”

Aku looked this way and that. Surely, he could find a heart somewhere to fill this sudden but pressing need. Finally, his eye landed on one of his guards and an idea occurred to him.Β 

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β€œOh, I knowβ€”!” The guard had no time to react before Aku’s laser eyebeams struck him briefly in the chest. At first it seemed like nothing had happened. But then the guard clutched his chest and toppled over the abyss edge.Β 

Aku’s eyes flashed again and now, in Beast’s palm, there was a fresh heart. Aku grinned as the organ gave one final beat and then was still. Yes, this shall do.

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β€œThere is your heart.”