[ cassian snaps impatiently. he takes a fingertip of his left glove between his teeth and pulls the whole thing off; then pockets it, freeing the bluish white crystal from his palm. in this state of heightened communion, his anger is a palpable thing. his frustration at the situation; his worry for jyn, for other bearers he knows; the force of his focus currently pointed at the one in front of him. it's a pure thing, his attention. genuine in its intensity as much as his concern. ]
You chose to be Meridian, didn't you? [ he gestures brusquely for set to bring his own shard out. ] Is that still what you want?
[ a sharp wedge of glass materializes in his free hand, an opportunistic bit of pocketing from the abandoned cities before they'd been trapped underground. he doesn't wait for an answer before dragging it across the skin of his hand. sap beads along the cut where there should be blood, but the flicker of pain that radiates from him is the only reaction he gives to that. ]
viBRATES TOO, cw for self-harm
[ cassian snaps impatiently. he takes a fingertip of his left glove between his teeth and pulls the whole thing off; then pockets it, freeing the bluish white crystal from his palm. in this state of heightened communion, his anger is a palpable thing. his frustration at the situation; his worry for jyn, for other bearers he knows; the force of his focus currently pointed at the one in front of him. it's a pure thing, his attention. genuine in its intensity as much as his concern. ]
You chose to be Meridian, didn't you? [ he gestures brusquely for set to bring his own shard out. ] Is that still what you want?
[ a sharp wedge of glass materializes in his free hand, an opportunistic bit of pocketing from the abandoned cities before they'd been trapped underground. he doesn't wait for an answer before dragging it across the skin of his hand. sap beads along the cut where there should be blood, but the flicker of pain that radiates from him is the only reaction he gives to that. ]