[The blow snaps Lavi's head back, and he coughs out blood -- shadows mixed within, the words bright and fiery, the same shade of Gideon's hair (You should've never been in that position to begin with.)
Oh god, he's so tired. I want to die, he thinks. I want to live. He can't breathe, the tail coils around him, squeezing -- at once pinning him into place and holding him aloft. Tuuri's words, slicing into his thigh, letting him bleed -- Everybody here loves you, Lavi.
No more, please, no more. He reaches up to put a shaky hand over the one curled around his collar. The other sliced by Harrow's voice, I don't care whether or not you're a good person, frankly.]
...Sorry.
[Jingheng, grieving. I know... I know you.]
I wasn't supposed to matter.
[Another slice down his back, Bixing murmuring, Don't just amount yourself to one misstep when you've already run most of the way to the finish line.
...Is this the finish line? Getting close to everyone, dragging them all down with him?
There's an ominous snap as the book closes, and then Lavi's shadow morphs into a serpent of fire, twisting as it lunges for Junhyeong --]
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Oh god, he's so tired. I want to die, he thinks. I want to live. He can't breathe, the tail coils around him, squeezing -- at once pinning him into place and holding him aloft. Tuuri's words, slicing into his thigh, letting him bleed -- Everybody here loves you, Lavi.
No more, please, no more. He reaches up to put a shaky hand over the one curled around his collar. The other sliced by Harrow's voice, I don't care whether or not you're a good person, frankly.]
...Sorry.
[Jingheng, grieving. I know... I know you.]
I wasn't supposed to matter.
[Another slice down his back, Bixing murmuring, Don't just amount yourself to one misstep when you've already run most of the way to the finish line.
...Is this the finish line? Getting close to everyone, dragging them all down with him?
There's an ominous snap as the book closes, and then Lavi's shadow morphs into a serpent of fire, twisting as it lunges for Junhyeong --]