It was chaos. Leo’s armor—the white tee—got shredded. His hunger bar dropped. He ate the last of Mom’s Spaghetti. He had half a heart left.

From the depths of a nearby ravine: a low, rhythmic thump-thump-thump . Not a cave sound. A beat . A sparse, sinister Dre beat.

Leo charged. Every hit he landed triggered a random lyric: “ Snap back to reality ” (the boss teleported two blocks left). “ There goes gravity ” (the boss levitated, then fell, taking damage). “ Mom’s lasagna ” (a joke; Leo laughed, losing half a heart).

Then he heard it.