There isn't any choice but to follow through. After he's latch on to Rita, and he feels her consciousness start to resurface, and he can see Strange struggling with the Mother's attacks... the point of no return is here. He pours himself into disrupting the connection, demanding that his kindred come forward.
As the connection reaches it's peak, however, something reaches out from the Mother's side, straight through Rita and into his own essence - Rita will feel her hands lift, and grab Ignatius inside of the framework hole still opening his chest. The nanotech poison in his own body surges with her power, sending a shock that shakes him right down to his soul.
He collapses at the same moment Rita does, the Mother having loosed her control over her body. The water trying to strangle Strange falls. Ignatius lands on his side, his body glowing more blue than red for a moment, before gradually fading back to that ugly purple, swirling with renewed energy. Rita will find herself in control once again, her body limp, the presence of the Mother seemingly vanishing from the implant.
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As the connection reaches it's peak, however, something reaches out from the Mother's side, straight through Rita and into his own essence - Rita will feel her hands lift, and grab Ignatius inside of the framework hole still opening his chest. The nanotech poison in his own body surges with her power, sending a shock that shakes him right down to his soul.
He collapses at the same moment Rita does, the Mother having loosed her control over her body. The water trying to strangle Strange falls. Ignatius lands on his side, his body glowing more blue than red for a moment, before gradually fading back to that ugly purple, swirling with renewed energy. Rita will find herself in control once again, her body limp, the presence of the Mother seemingly vanishing from the implant.