[ the mood is lightened. that in itself would be a funny joke, if not comically than at least in situational humor, considering caroline's own abilities currently on display. it would be — if caroline was alert enough to appreciate it.
the problem is, she's not doing very well when it comes to the big picture. all of her energy and all of her focus is currently dialed in to the specific task of splaying out warm light across eugenides' abdomen, carefully panning up and down over the worst of his injuries and watching as the skin slowly but surely begins to weave itself back together. it's not an immediate magical resolution, but rather one that requires significant attention. ]
They are very ugly. You're too handsome to show them off.
[ it's a bad, weak joke; she doesn't even manage to meet his eyes before her head ducks down again.
the illumination is as strong as ever, now, but caroline is not. what color had been in her skin — pink cheeks from running, bright eyes from adrenaline — has begun to drain, pooling down and up from her extremities into her hands, in the attempt to power this self-sacrificial ability. ]
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the problem is, she's not doing very well when it comes to the big picture. all of her energy and all of her focus is currently dialed in to the specific task of splaying out warm light across eugenides' abdomen, carefully panning up and down over the worst of his injuries and watching as the skin slowly but surely begins to weave itself back together. it's not an immediate magical resolution, but rather one that requires significant attention. ]
They are very ugly. You're too handsome to show them off.
[ it's a bad, weak joke; she doesn't even manage to meet his eyes before her head ducks down again.
the illumination is as strong as ever, now, but caroline is not. what color had been in her skin — pink cheeks from running, bright eyes from adrenaline — has begun to drain, pooling down and up from her extremities into her hands, in the attempt to power this self-sacrificial ability. ]
Stay with me, okay. No dying.