[What he remembers most of all about the building, is the creeping sensation of nearly drowning before the boy made them a door and Luda. Her smiling face and the sound of her screams as he walked away, ringing in his ears even as he fought his way to the top to get the orb.
The sound scraping against his mind as he walked in to the last room, the whole building shaking like a boat at high sea, the darkness that he cast out and Alina's hand in his as Luda cried in his ear.
Daisy, watching it all. Or, maybe that had been another trick to get him to stay, to keep him locked in the hallway as the whole building came crashing down.
He eats another bite, tasting nothing but ashes and defeat.]
I saw nothing
[What he remembers most of all about the building, is the creeping sensation of nearly drowning before the boy made them a door and Luda. Her smiling face and the sound of her screams as he walked away, ringing in his ears even as he fought his way to the top to get the orb.
The sound scraping against his mind as he walked in to the last room, the whole building shaking like a boat at high sea, the darkness that he cast out and Alina's hand in his as Luda cried in his ear.
Daisy, watching it all. Or, maybe that had been another trick to get him to stay, to keep him locked in the hallway as the whole building came crashing down.
He eats another bite, tasting nothing but ashes and defeat.]
Weren't you?