[ And they would do anything not to feel that for themselves. That was how it had felt at the cell. She had done everything she could then to focus on Lup, to keep her safe until Taako could arrive, all the time knowing she was not enough. Here she was again, with this same helplessness, not a prison but her own body that had betrayed her. Worse, because what had been granted to her by the medicine would not last much longer. She could feel the darkness and the poison trying to push against it, to drag her back across that divide. She had to hang on until Taako got there, at least, so long as she could push herself to stay awake and remain coherent. ]
I would... I would sooner face that with you than alone. Please do not... shut me out.
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[ And they would do anything not to feel that for themselves. That was how it had felt at the cell. She had done everything she could then to focus on Lup, to keep her safe until Taako could arrive, all the time knowing she was not enough. Here she was again, with this same helplessness, not a prison but her own body that had betrayed her. Worse, because what had been granted to her by the medicine would not last much longer. She could feel the darkness and the poison trying to push against it, to drag her back across that divide. She had to hang on until Taako got there, at least, so long as she could push herself to stay awake and remain coherent. ]
I would... I would sooner face that with you than alone. Please do not... shut me out.