(the elbow connects, she gets her step back, and hei, ever the skittish man, darts forward alongside the cot to its opposite end to get a safer distance away. it's finally time to gauge who exactly he's dealing with. slight woman though she is, there's an obvious sturdiness to her — on top of that, she's well aware of what he was attempting to do, even if his concern wasn't anyone from his own world.
people experimented on them, left them on the roadside in a very transparent, very purposeful way, and watched them drag themselves away into the night of the lantern festival. there's no way hei wants this in his head. no fucking way.
hei shakes his arm out, offers her a sick and tired stare, before taking a cautious seat on the very edge of the mattress.)
Offer your sad help to someone who wants it. You won't get another chance to pin me. (it's spoken with finality, more than willing to fight again — after a full day of nothing but — to secure a moment of peace for himself.) Do you understand what I'm saying to you?
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people experimented on them, left them on the roadside in a very transparent, very purposeful way, and watched them drag themselves away into the night of the lantern festival. there's no way hei wants this in his head. no fucking way.
hei shakes his arm out, offers her a sick and tired stare, before taking a cautious seat on the very edge of the mattress.)
Offer your sad help to someone who wants it. You won't get another chance to pin me. (it's spoken with finality, more than willing to fight again — after a full day of nothing but — to secure a moment of peace for himself.) Do you understand what I'm saying to you?