[ So much a thing, in fact that shes beginning to hear it. That creeping doubt. What does this mean? Jaune is her teammate. They're friends. Is this something friends can do? That's when she realises how close they are.
That's also when she freezes again, only this time the panic is there. Real and roaring and reminding her of who she is: sloppy, underdressed, immature, clumsy. He is going to leave her eventually and she knows it. Whether through CERES or mugging or strangling or any of the things she's imagined a hundred times. Trained herself to fight agains since coming to Cerealia. She can't stop him from dying.
But she can stop him from leaving.
Why wouldn't he?
Tears come to her eyes. She shakes her head but they remain, filling and falling to leave tracks in the blood and the dirt on her face. ]
I- I can't. You're my friend...! I don't-- I can't--
Done actually!
That's also when she freezes again, only this time the panic is there. Real and roaring and reminding her of who she is: sloppy, underdressed, immature, clumsy. He is going to leave her eventually and she knows it. Whether through CERES or mugging or strangling or any of the things she's imagined a hundred times. Trained herself to fight agains since coming to Cerealia. She can't stop him from dying.
But she can stop him from leaving.
Why wouldn't he?
Tears come to her eyes. She shakes her head but they remain, filling and falling to leave tracks in the blood and the dirt on her face. ]
I- I can't. You're my friend...! I don't-- I can't--
[ Lose him. ]