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Okay??
*Snaps out of the trance, gripping my ruined scythe so tightly that a thin line of blood trickles from where my nails pinch my fingertips*
How could I be okay??
…You lost her again…I’m sorry. I tried…
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Okay??
*Snaps out of the trance, gripping my ruined scythe so tightly that a thin line of blood trickles from where my nails pinch my fingertips*
How could I be okay??
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*Ignores the conflict entirely, staring off into the distance, eyes shimmering with water*
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*With the explosion, I’m sent rocketing off the side of the mountain—I swing my scythe into the mountainside to slow my descent, but the rocks crumble under the weight and I plummet to the base, obscured from sight*
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*It tears open with ease while I lurch for your arm, my flesh already beginning to stitch itself back together*
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*Hooks into the plasma blade and yanks hard*
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*Continues to spin my scythe, some of the bullets piercing the defensive disk and blowing holes into my flesh, and I reach toward you face*
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*The first several carve a chunk out of my neck before I respond with a continuous spin of my scythe and slowly approach*
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*Lifts my scythe and brings it crashing down on your head*
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*Starts to stand up, stumbles, and then continues, leaning on the sharded remains of my scythe, staring into the deep distance at nothing while the desert winds begin to pick up again*
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...
*Grins*
...
*Launches into a wide swing of my scythe diagonally across your torso*
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*Balances on my knees and forearms, shaking from both the injuries and the years of joyful memories replaced with those of bloodshed and death*
This can’t— This isn’t—
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*Stares with a hollow, unfeeling expression as I step toward you, no longer hurrying*