Act 1 spoilers! [ Oh, I'm running as soon as I see a strand of white hair. You won't even see me, I'm running so fast.
But he hadn't run then, and he doesn't run now, his feet nailed to the floor with shock. He can hear his heart thudding in his ears, beating strong and fast, ratcheting up with fear.
(How is his heart beating, it had been destroyed in a vicious glare of chroma, it's gone, he's gone—)
Gustave stares back at the man who murdered him, unmoving aside from the rapid rise and fall of his chest. It hadn't worked before, he knows that. It won't work now.
But just like then, he has to try.
A slow shift of his hand, fingers opening and closing again around the grip of his sword as he calls it into being in a shower of chroma. Despite his fear, he feels strangely calm, steady. After all, he's died once already. And this time, he has nothing else to lose. ]
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Act 1 spoilers!
[ Oh, I'm running as soon as I see a strand of white hair. You won't even see me, I'm running so fast.
But he hadn't run then, and he doesn't run now, his feet nailed to the floor with shock. He can hear his heart thudding in his ears, beating strong and fast, ratcheting up with fear.
(How is his heart beating, it had been destroyed in a vicious glare of chroma, it's gone, he's gone—)
Gustave stares back at the man who murdered him, unmoving aside from the rapid rise and fall of his chest. It hadn't worked before, he knows that. It won't work now.
But just like then, he has to try.
A slow shift of his hand, fingers opening and closing again around the grip of his sword as he calls it into being in a shower of chroma. Despite his fear, he feels strangely calm, steady. After all, he's died once already. And this time, he has nothing else to lose. ]