[ He's a strange man, this unknown Expeditioner. Verso. Some unreadable expression shifts over his face as his glance flicks away, down, back up again, like he's about to say something else. As if everything he's already said isn't strange enough to a man who can barely keep his own thoughts from circling, circling, fading out. ]
Well, it's very thoughtful of you, but it's not—
[ Every small shift makes him wince, flinching in the man's arms. As difficult as it was to stand upright, this is worse, body crunched and the barely-healed wounds screaming, threatening to re-open. He vaguely hopes he might simply pass out.
There's a weird tightness to his voice he doesn't like, but he dislikes the dizzy swoop in his head more. ]
Verso. Put me down, please. It's— I just need a moment to breathe.
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Well, it's very thoughtful of you, but it's not—
[ Every small shift makes him wince, flinching in the man's arms. As difficult as it was to stand upright, this is worse, body crunched and the barely-healed wounds screaming, threatening to re-open. He vaguely hopes he might simply pass out.
There's a weird tightness to his voice he doesn't like, but he dislikes the dizzy swoop in his head more. ]
Verso. Put me down, please. It's— I just need a moment to breathe.