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[hr]Consciousness hit Graves like oncoming traffic. His eyes burst open only to be overwhelmed by the sun burning overhead. Pain sharpened and dulled like the coming and going of the tide. He wasn't quite sure where he was at first. Was he back in his apartment in Westwood? Had death disconnected him from Pariah? No. There was a person standing over him in the robes and armor of a cleric, their hands pressed against his battered form. Magic pulsed, stitching his wounds with impossible efficiency. Not home, then. And he wasn't back in the dungeon, either. The Laughing Worg loomed behind him- his home away from home ever since being trapped here.

People were standing around him, too. There was the new girl, Artemis, a comically large pile of weapons at her feet. Alex stood beside her as unwavering as ever. The hotheaded Siegfried was looking battered down and dejected. And then there was Seele. It all came back to Graves as he looked at her. The anger he'd felt at Sig for harsh words spoken without true malice. His own inability to back down; that need to not only to win but to [i]destroy[/i] those that argued against him. And then the blade was drawn. Blood flowed, and he lost himself to the hunger. This wasn't the first time he'd let the blood lust take him. It was a useful tool for fighting through pain, fear and self-doubt. But this...he never thought...

[color=dc143c]"Christ,"[/color] Graves coughed, grabbing Andrecille by the arm. [color=dc143c]"Don't. You shouldn't- its not-"[/color] the word caught in his throat. '[i]Its not safe for you to be near me.'[/i] Something stopped him before it could slip through his lips, however. He saw her uniform for the first time, as well as the pack of guards gathered around the street. Seele was in dialogue with a woman Graves vaguely recognized from before the glitch. [color=dc143c][i]'Best to keep my mouth shut, I think.'[/i][/color]

Graves let go. [color=dc143c]"Sorry. Just panicked. Thank you."[/color]
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