[ Spoken with a dreamy sigh, he lets his eyes shut. He recalls the moment — the way he spoke to Iggy, how he showed him his hand, extending an invitation to Zephir's slaughter. He tells him where he was attacked and how. ]
I couldn't control how loud this body was. Every part of it screamed for my attention, but my voice was lost. My thoughts were infected with — instinct. Survival. There was nothing I could do. I couldn't move, I couldn't make it stop. I was being punished by my own body for allowing it to die.
... And then it embraced the inevitable. My thoughts were free from the flesh. They returned to you, my Death. [ After contemplating for another moment, he lifts his head and touches Sullivan's face, searching with his eyes. ] … Acceptance. Just like you told me.
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[ Spoken with a dreamy sigh, he lets his eyes shut. He recalls the moment — the way he spoke to Iggy, how he showed him his hand, extending an invitation to Zephir's slaughter. He tells him where he was attacked and how. ]
I couldn't control how loud this body was. Every part of it screamed for my attention, but my voice was lost. My thoughts were infected with — instinct. Survival. There was nothing I could do. I couldn't move, I couldn't make it stop. I was being punished by my own body for allowing it to die.
... And then it embraced the inevitable. My thoughts were free from the flesh. They returned to you, my Death. [ After contemplating for another moment, he lifts his head and touches Sullivan's face, searching with his eyes. ] … Acceptance. Just like you told me.