[Hayame has only allowed one other to see where her shard was, but it had not been because she'd been willing. A certain god of war had seen the sharp obsidian glistening against her skin in the Hall of Mirrors, when her injuries had left her clothing rent and torn, but she had not pulled it from her body. She had not laid it beside his. She has avoided letting anyone see or touch or know for so long but now...
If she doesn't, the Blight will take her before she can even know if she'll ever make it back to her world. Before she can even try to give up her life to right the wrongs she has done. Those things that she sometimes thinks, no matter how hard she struggles...
His shard is warm in her palm. Her eyes close when he stands to retrieve a weapon more suitable to the task than her own much longer blade, and her fingers curl around the shards as if she still had the strength in her to protect them. She doesn't open her eyes again until she hears him return, and even then... it takes her a moment to focus on him. A swallow makes its way down her throat. Will he be able to feel her, invade her... ? She feels so vulnerable, and she doesn't know if it's just because she's sick, because her shard is out, or-]
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If she doesn't, the Blight will take her before she can even know if she'll ever make it back to her world. Before she can even try to give up her life to right the wrongs she has done. Those things that she sometimes thinks, no matter how hard she struggles...
His shard is warm in her palm. Her eyes close when he stands to retrieve a weapon more suitable to the task than her own much longer blade, and her fingers curl around the shards as if she still had the strength in her to protect them. She doesn't open her eyes again until she hears him return, and even then... it takes her a moment to focus on him. A swallow makes its way down her throat. Will he be able to feel her, invade her... ? She feels so vulnerable, and she doesn't know if it's just because she's sick, because her shard is out, or-]
... Do it.