[ Silco reached out, to touch her forearm -- the one holding the knife -- in response. He had already gritted his teeth, but he stopped, and instead leaned forward. ]
We heard it scream, it must. We'll find a way to destroy it, don't fret.
[ He didn't even look at the Dryad, but was focused on his daughter, before he let go, and held his idle hand above the tourniquet, as if it would help him through this.
He'd gotten experience with dealing with these sorts of entities, and if there'd been someone else here, he would have sent a shimmer-high person after it, but with just the two of them, Silco wouldn't do that to Jinx, and certainly not to himself.
He gritted his teeth, and breathed in, and out, before he shut his one eye. ]
Go ahead. Let's get this over with. The sooner we do, the sooner we can recover -- and kill it.
[ He hated it too. He hated situations like this, but what was worse? He hated that Jinx was in one of these with him. She was strong enough, certainly, but this wasn't the wild freedom he'd always encouraged for his daughter. ]
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We heard it scream, it must. We'll find a way to destroy it, don't fret.
[ He didn't even look at the Dryad, but was focused on his daughter, before he let go, and held his idle hand above the tourniquet, as if it would help him through this.
He'd gotten experience with dealing with these sorts of entities, and if there'd been someone else here, he would have sent a shimmer-high person after it, but with just the two of them, Silco wouldn't do that to Jinx, and certainly not to himself.
He gritted his teeth, and breathed in, and out, before he shut his one eye. ]
Go ahead. Let's get this over with. The sooner we do, the sooner we can recover -- and kill it.
[ He hated it too. He hated situations like this, but what was worse? He hated that Jinx was in one of these with him. She was strong enough, certainly, but this wasn't the wild freedom he'd always encouraged for his daughter. ]