where the light shines red like blood / rescuing bai shi

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[color=#7E354D]BAI SHI
" my own illusion come to be "

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when the cell door was pulled open, the serpent slipped out, their scales rasping over the ground. to hell with not showing some sort of reaction, they were alone. alone, together. and bai shi for one, was very grateful, for being rescued, and for being a moment of solace with their Pharoah.

pushing at their horrors and fears, they shifted closer, bumping their large nose into him gently, taking in a deep drag of his scent, enough to ground them as they uttered in a quiet voice, "thank you..." they ached to just curl around him and nuzzle him in their excitement to be free of such bonds.

the assurance that he gave them did wonders in helping them relax, the dragon moving to his side, still protective of him even if they were the one being rescued. it was their duty, their core purpose. if they were captured again, so be it, so long as sephiroth could get away back to the rosebloods.

resisting the urge to show their overwhelmingly affectionate physical reaction, they took one more deep breath of his musk to center themselves, a part of them wary to be near him just because they cared in a way that they shouldn't, but they didn't want to listen to the instinct saying it wasn't their place to feel such things for him, for their god in the flesh, for their beloved pharoah.

dipping their head they looked back out the tunnel, giving him one last touch, running the edge of their jaw against his shoulder, wanting to express their gratitude, before they moved towards the tunnel mouth.