... Fifty, then. Still a minute before the song ends. [ Yes, he is a nerd who memorizes song lengths. Those lyrics just now came at just over the two minute mark. ]
I saw something over there, I think. [ He nods north. It's true; he'd glimpsed movement within the flames, but time had been running out. At least he knows where to go this time. ]
Ene? [ A beat. ] Thank you. For – [ "For waiting. For being my friend." But no, that sounds too much like a goodbye. ]
– for Star Wars. Good movies. Kind of sad. We should watch together sometime. [ And he beams, his smile a promise as he teleports back into the sky.
At thirty seconds, he finds what he was looking for. Flames, dissipating altogether, far too quickly to be natural. A shadow. It's either a jungle beast or someone's power, and Ket hopes against hope that it's the latter. But before he can approach them, he has to go back to tell Ene.
Forty seconds. He's no longer tired. Hope's driven it away, and away is where it should stay. Forty-five; he's at the heap encircling the ravine now, the stacked debris causing the flames to burn higher than ever. But they're no closer to Ene than before. They're still nothing.
Funny, that. They seem to be getting closer. To him, not Ene. He looks down, confused. Is he falling?
And then he sees no more. Flames and smoke were nothing, but carbon monoxide turned out far more deadly. The fire catches him, igniting his already lifeless form in a blaze of welcome. Ardeo had wanted him, after all.
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I saw something over there, I think. [ He nods north. It's true; he'd glimpsed movement within the flames, but time had been running out. At least he knows where to go this time. ]
Ene? [ A beat. ] Thank you. For – [ "For waiting. For being my friend." But no, that sounds too much like a goodbye. ]
– for Star Wars. Good movies. Kind of sad. We should watch together sometime. [ And he beams, his smile a promise as he teleports back into the sky.
At thirty seconds, he finds what he was looking for. Flames, dissipating altogether, far too quickly to be natural. A shadow. It's either a jungle beast or someone's power, and Ket hopes against hope that it's the latter. But before he can approach them, he has to go back to tell Ene.
Forty seconds. He's no longer tired. Hope's driven it away, and away is where it should stay. Forty-five; he's at the heap encircling the ravine now, the stacked debris causing the flames to burn higher than ever. But they're no closer to Ene than before. They're still nothing.
Funny, that. They seem to be getting closer. To him, not Ene. He looks down, confused. Is he falling?
And then he sees no more. Flames and smoke were nothing, but carbon monoxide turned out far more deadly. The fire catches him, igniting his already lifeless form in a blaze of welcome. Ardeo had wanted him, after all.
Next to Ene, the CereVice beeps a warning.
'Your candle burned out long before...'
The screen blinks off, battery exhausted. ]