03-17-2020, 07:09 PM
[font=trebuchet ms]Even now, unable to meet his gaze, she could hear the panic and despair in his voice. A low, restrained snarl- aimed at her? No, but it should be. The thought reverberated through her head. Why couldn't it have been anyone else? Why did it have to be
you?
Gone, she heard repeated. Denial, anger, desperation. All some kind of joke. Her jaws parted in a low wheeze. "They wouldn't leave me-" but they would leave you. Get over it. Were those claws gripping at her fur? Stop crying but she couldn't.
Warmth, strength, pressed on her frame- holding her up. A simple question, with a complicated answer. An apology, thick with grief. A wish- a regret. Unsteady and yet remaining strong, for a friend's sake. Rin breathed in their scents, familiar in the same sense as holding a childhood stuffed toy, dusty with age but still intact. The past would never return, but at least Cooper and Diya were both alive.
Pressing back against Coop, gently enough not to knock him over, she took a deep breath, the air sinking into her constricted throat. "'s not your fault," she whispered, enunciating as clearly as she could. "Everything just... all went wrong at once." Swallowing back the sob that threatened to emerge, she shook her head. "'m just glad you're alive."
you?
Gone, she heard repeated. Denial, anger, desperation. All some kind of joke. Her jaws parted in a low wheeze. "They wouldn't leave me-" but they would leave you. Get over it. Were those claws gripping at her fur? Stop crying but she couldn't.
Warmth, strength, pressed on her frame- holding her up. A simple question, with a complicated answer. An apology, thick with grief. A wish- a regret. Unsteady and yet remaining strong, for a friend's sake. Rin breathed in their scents, familiar in the same sense as holding a childhood stuffed toy, dusty with age but still intact. The past would never return, but at least Cooper and Diya were both alive.
Pressing back against Coop, gently enough not to knock him over, she took a deep breath, the air sinking into her constricted throat. "'s not your fault," she whispered, enunciating as clearly as she could. "Everything just... all went wrong at once." Swallowing back the sob that threatened to emerge, she shook her head. "'m just glad you're alive."
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