Okay. Yes. That is Concerning. Concerning enough that he actually gets her breathing to stop for a second, desynchronizing from the ticking.]
"Not supposed to." That sounds suspiciously like you're still willing to try.
Don't you dare.
I saw that thing through my own eyes. I don't even want to think about what it could do to you if it got through to you like that.
[Her voice is trembling too much for her to actually sound angry.
Death isn't the scariest thing she could imagine at this point. At least she has a solid idea of where he'd wind up. But that?
She doesn't even want to think about it. It's a sinking, empty feeling – hopelessness, despair – and it's too much, especially amidst everything else.
So it's all she can do to try to sound stern, to try to hold on to some sort of ████ that if he doesn't use his power, IT might stay away, at least in that sense.]
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Okay. Yes. That is Concerning. Concerning enough that he actually gets her breathing to stop for a second, desynchronizing from the ticking.]
"Not supposed to." That sounds suspiciously like you're still willing to try.
Don't you dare.
I saw that thing through my own eyes. I don't even want to think about what it could do to you if it got through to you like that.
[Her voice is trembling too much for her to actually sound angry.
Death isn't the scariest thing she could imagine at this point. At least she has a solid idea of where he'd wind up. But that?
She doesn't even want to think about it. It's a sinking, empty feeling – hopelessness, despair – and it's too much, especially amidst everything else.
So it's all she can do to try to sound stern, to try to hold on to some sort of ████ that if he doesn't use his power, IT might stay away, at least in that sense.]