[h1][b][i][color=A2797E][center]Sabine Bassard[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1][center][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/78a234eb0678e0555274d0ee1dc545f2/56a3e97ae35aa196-fe/s540x810/68beb5c8bf4eb487e7e396ed3aa8ef4ccf8709cd.gifv[/img][/center][center][/center][hr][center][color=A2797E][b]Location[/b][/color]: Medbay
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[color=A2797E][b]Skills[/b][/color]: N/A
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Sabine lay there with her eyes closed, allowing the medical staff to work on her. She tried not to let the intrusive thoughts in, but she didn't really have much else to do but lie there and catastrophize.

She wondered if any of the others had listened to her or felt she was a big phony. Would they respect her words or think she is just some faker who didn't care about any of it? She thought she was eloquent with her words, but perhaps they fell on deaf ears. She wondered what everyone watching thought, also. The parents, the friends. Had she let them down as well?

As she started to shift, she felt a presence nearby. She kept her eyes shut, hoping it was one of the staff checking on her, when she felt weight on the bed she was lying in. She felt an arm around her, a leg touching another, and the gentle press of someone's head against her neck. She didn't have to open her eyes to know who it was.

[color=A2797E]"Hey Danni."[/color]

Part of her wanted to tell Danni to leave her alone for a bit, but she knew better. Danni had just gone through something intense, and Sabine could only imagine how he was feeling, seeing Dorian in that position, the after-effects. She nuzzled against his head, moving one of her hands to gently stroke his hair as he relayed what he had experienced. It was hard for her to process, but whatever had happened inside the Entity, it seemed...cosmic and otherworldly. Danni expressed concern, and Sabine wanted to comfort. Did Danni know what she did? Did she tell him?

[color=A2797E]"I am so proud of you, Danni. You did something incredibly hard and managed to get out and help Dorian and Billy in the process. You should be proud of yourself.

Your parents were understandably angry, and I am angry at myself, too. I should never have taken charge and assumed I knew best. I am not like the others. I haven't been training for years to get to this contest and win. All my life, people have seen me and assumed they knew me and my intentions. One inkling of psychic abilities, and people assume the worst. Hell, Dorian has a sword specifically for people like me. Especially with my powers, where no one ever felt like they could trust me because they assumed I used my powers to get what I wanted. So I opted to be the bad guy they thought I was. Even when I came to this school, I never intended to be a hero. I never felt like it was what I could do. And then I met a bunch of others who made me see what good I can do. When I worked through it with Arcade, I felt...it felt good to help. When I tried with Casper it felt wrong. That's what is constantly going through my head whenever I opt to use my powers: is this the right time for it? And I can't do that if I want to be a hero and help people."

"I abstained from the fight. I couldn't do it anymore. There was too much hurt, on both sides, and it felt wrong to attack them when they were down. Heroes don't do that. A villain makes sure the hero dies, but the hero makes sure the villain lives. I didn't feel like fighting them anymore at their lowest point, seeing a friend of theirs in such a horrible predicament. And I am mad at Leah for attacking America, but I also don't blame her. Everyone worked hard to get here, and I feel like a fraud because I gave up, but I couldn't go on with myself knowing I kicked someone at their lowest point. I didn't want to prove the others right. I wanted to prove to myself I could make good decisions with my powers."[/color]

Her mind raced to Leah, wondering if she was still on the field fighting. To April, who had kissed her not once, but twice. To Dorian, who has been through an ordeal. To Andi, who remained steadfast. To Percy, who currently saw his boyfriend through that and panicked. To Max, and if he was proud of her, and felt her heart hurt when she thought at any moment he wasn't.

Danni had sat up abruptly, addressing the YA in the medbay. Sabine finally opened her eyes and saw that some of the others had joined with her. Sabine pulled Danni back down. [color=A2797E]"We can discuss the party after everyone finishes and we heal up, but I like the idea of an afterparty with them. Honestly? Fuck the Hex Girls cheating asses. They still got stomped. We did that. And no matter what happens with this, we won.[/color]