Trace drew upon pain.
Not hers; Janice's. The pain that Trace had given her so many times in the ten years she had inhabited a backspace in Janice's mind.
She knew it. She understood it. Her and Janice only--they were the only two who could truly grasp every beat and agony of the torture that Trace's Queen had bestowed.
Trace drew upon Janice's pain, releasing a burst of energy, hurling everyone backwards through the air. She drew upon Janice's pain, and dragged her dagger down Cadenza's arm, relishing every scream and breaking of blood. Her dagger seeked every twist and detail of the quoral veins that burned into Janice's arms, guided by the torture that came when the Queen could control Janice's Aspect completely.
"You never understood her," Trace growled, carving Janice's source of pain and agony into Cadenza's arm, "not while she was here. I hope you fan find some fragmented semblance of emapthy and understanding before every trace of Janice is torn from existence."
The dagger finished its gruesome work at the palm of Cadenza's hand, running all the way through so that the end jutted out the other side. A river of warm blood ran down Cadenza's arm, staining Trace's hand red.
"You never," Trace grunted, yanking the dagger out of Cadenza's hand--
"Understood," she cut Cadenza's bonds, letting her collapse to the ground--
"MY PAIN."