Proposal: Out of my appreciation and respect for you and your impending death, if you wish to make any amendments to the priority list for my eliminations, I would be happy to adjust.

Query: Are there any participants you would rather I kill?

[a patch of floor crumbles away in his path and he lithely jumps over it, arcing high into the air and landing with a heavy thud directly next to her

before she can react, a metal fist swings towards her, aiming squarely for the throat, to crush and sever, but his body jolts again in sourceless pain and the blow goes wide, instead pounding down across her shoulder joint and destroying the bones there with all the force of an oncoming car

he grabs her by the same arm, yanking her towards the ground by its damaged connections and swings a powerful kick into her spine, sending her sliding across the floor towards an open pit leading to an endless void

the walls grow closer, the holes increase in size, and there are fewer and fewer places to escape

the timer ticks on, and a sensor inside HK's logic computer begins to alert]