[She sees it... that flicker of familiarity, brief as it is, and there is that distant scent of flowers that pulses in the air, but it's gone as quickly as it had come, the hope that she had finally reached out to him snuffed out by the cold.
Even as he tries to force his hand out of her grasp, she hangs onto him as tight as she can, struggling. If she were not just a girl, she might have been able to hold on, but he manages to shake her off, both my virtue of his strength and the way that the icy claw stings her bare fingers. The shriek that echoes all around them startles her, and she falls back into the snow again, her hands coming up to clasp over her ears to block it out.]
Eustace, stop! I'm here to—
[But in the next moment, it feels as if her voice has been drained right out of her along with the air in her lungs, the nostilium that pours outward from him so thick and dark that she stops breathing, every inch of her body paralyzed in fear as she stares through the darkness to try and find him.
And somewhere in the dark, she sees a single starflower quivering, trying to bloom.]
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Even as he tries to force his hand out of her grasp, she hangs onto him as tight as she can, struggling. If she were not just a girl, she might have been able to hold on, but he manages to shake her off, both my virtue of his strength and the way that the icy claw stings her bare fingers. The shriek that echoes all around them startles her, and she falls back into the snow again, her hands coming up to clasp over her ears to block it out.]
Eustace, stop! I'm here to—
[But in the next moment, it feels as if her voice has been drained right out of her along with the air in her lungs, the nostilium that pours outward from him so thick and dark that she stops breathing, every inch of her body paralyzed in fear as she stares through the darkness to try and find him.
And somewhere in the dark, she sees a single starflower quivering, trying to bloom.]
Please, let's go home...!