[The blurring of his vision almost seems to get worse, and it takes every ounce of willpower he has to keep himself standing now. He pushes back against the creature with all the remaining strength he can muster, determined to keep it from moving past him to the young man he’s trying so desperately to keep safe.
Maybe it made him a fool, to be so self-sacrificing for a person he’d only barely just met. But this is what he is built for, putting all of that strength of his into protecting others. How impermanent death may or may not really be for shard-bearers in this moment is hardly a comfort, not when faced with this monstrosity and the pain it has so effortlessly inflicted.
The sound of Childe’s retreat brings with it a momentary flash of relief to soothe the desperation and the pain keeping him upright. Those final words shouted at him almost make him want to laugh, if he still had it in him.
Might have to disappoint you there, he thinks, before everything fades around him.]
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Maybe it made him a fool, to be so self-sacrificing for a person he’d only barely just met. But this is what he is built for, putting all of that strength of his into protecting others. How impermanent death may or may not really be for shard-bearers in this moment is hardly a comfort, not when faced with this monstrosity and the pain it has so effortlessly inflicted.
The sound of Childe’s retreat brings with it a momentary flash of relief to soothe the desperation and the pain keeping him upright. Those final words shouted at him almost make him want to laugh, if he still had it in him.
Might have to disappoint you there, he thinks, before everything fades around him.]