Yeah, it's all screwy, I tried counting steps and —
[ Koby's pulse ticks up and up and Daniel's words trail off slower the faster it goes. ]
Couldn't, uh. Couldn't figure out... A while, though, felt like I was, walking in...
[ He tracks Koby's panic through his body, and he's trying to be polite about thoughts but that's all there too, the soft babble of his nerves, Daniel making sure he never picks up more than a clear word or two. Still, his beautiful new eyes are fixed on Koby like a cat watching a fluttering moth.
He's not hungry, he tells himself. It's not hunger. He wouldn't eat Koby, that's his - lil protege, or whatever. His friend. Koby. ]
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Yeah, it's all screwy, I tried counting steps and —
[ Koby's pulse ticks up and up and Daniel's words trail off slower the faster it goes. ]
Couldn't, uh. Couldn't figure out... A while, though, felt like I was, walking in...
[ He tracks Koby's panic through his body, and he's trying to be polite about thoughts but that's all there too, the soft babble of his nerves, Daniel making sure he never picks up more than a clear word or two. Still, his beautiful new eyes are fixed on Koby like a cat watching a fluttering moth.
He's not hungry, he tells himself. It's not hunger. He wouldn't eat Koby, that's his - lil protege, or whatever. His friend. Koby. ]
Circles.