[ She's had worse falls, in the past. Much worse. Hell, he's been a participant in a few of them, catching her downward descent by the grating of her helmet and slamming her down - all in training, of course. But that had been back on Eos, and the rules were different there. The air, gravity, even the strength of her skin and bones: they were all made of different properties, laws that didn't corroborate with what this so-called earth keeps giving them. Maybe she had assumed she could land soft on her feet, keep running. That isn't the way of it here.
Instead, she's left gurgling, struggling for breath, more vulgar words wheezed out when she can. She still feels the vibration of the impact in her ribs, her marrow, even her teeth.
The pain... That too. She couldn't even begin to describe that. There aren't words.
Speaking of words, she manages to grit out, ]
Don't - touch me -
[ It isn't about the pain. Well, it is, but it isn't. She doesn't want him to feel what she's feeling. ]
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Instead, she's left gurgling, struggling for breath, more vulgar words wheezed out when she can. She still feels the vibration of the impact in her ribs, her marrow, even her teeth.
The pain... That too. She couldn't even begin to describe that. There aren't words.
Speaking of words, she manages to grit out, ]
Don't - touch me -
[ It isn't about the pain. Well, it is, but it isn't. She doesn't want him to feel what she's feeling. ]