I don't... [her voice breaks.] I don't know. I don't know how to fix this.
[it doesn't ring entirely true. she could kill her. dimly, she is aware of that. her fingers twitch, again, and her expression tightens. she can hear the desperation in shouxue's voice.
what if there really isn't any other way out? her vision blurs with tears, and she blinks furiously.
it would be quicker if you...
it would be quicker if she still had her multitool. she doesn't. it's somewhere on the other side of the room, flung wide by that tornado, so she doesn't have a way to end this quickly anymore.
slowly, she brings her hands to shouxue's neck.]
Is this... you want me to...?
[clouds darken above them, again, but this time, there's no lightning or plasma. it's rain that falls from the sky, instead.
at least that way it won't be so obvious that she's crying.]
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[it doesn't ring entirely true. she could kill her. dimly, she is aware of that. her fingers twitch, again, and her expression tightens. she can hear the desperation in shouxue's voice.
what if there really isn't any other way out? her vision blurs with tears, and she blinks furiously.
it would be quicker if you...
it would be quicker if she still had her multitool. she doesn't. it's somewhere on the other side of the room, flung wide by that tornado, so she doesn't have a way to end this quickly anymore.
slowly, she brings her hands to shouxue's neck.]
Is this... you want me to...?
[clouds darken above them, again, but this time, there's no lightning or plasma. it's rain that falls from the sky, instead.
at least that way it won't be so obvious that she's crying.]