[His eyes move from her to unsheathing his blade. He uses the knifepoint to make a tiny prick on the pad of his index finger, and as the blood begins to bead, he lets it drop onto Hayame's shard. It's absorbed through the crack in the arrowhead, and begins to crystallise inside the shard. Realising it seems to be working, he pricks Hayame's finger next, although she probably can't even feel that tiny nick as it begins to bleed.
The last thing to do is to maintain contact with her. So he sets the knife aside, and takes her free, desperately cold hand in his. Now to wait, and hope it works.]
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[His eyes move from her to unsheathing his blade. He uses the knifepoint to make a tiny prick on the pad of his index finger, and as the blood begins to bead, he lets it drop onto Hayame's shard. It's absorbed through the crack in the arrowhead, and begins to crystallise inside the shard. Realising it seems to be working, he pricks Hayame's finger next, although she probably can't even feel that tiny nick as it begins to bleed.
The last thing to do is to maintain contact with her. So he sets the knife aside, and takes her free, desperately cold hand in his. Now to wait, and hope it works.]