‘ everything is luminous. ’ / from Ryne!
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HER TEETH ARE MELTING DOWN TO WAX, HER JOINTS HAVE FUSED TO STONE, OH GODS OH GODS --
NO, no. Breath rattles through her chest -- thinned to a wheeze by ( dying ) panic, but the next is easier. The third, near natural. Zoen flexes her fingers one-two-three-four-five, then toes, then rolls her neck 'til she hears the loud wet pop of crepitus. Flesh, blood, meat, mortal. Alive.
( it lingers beneath your skin )
Pacing helps. She is not stone if she is moving. The Scions walk scattered along the road, pockmarks of little chattering birds. Zoen had been near the back, and passes by them with little nods to each and all. Any who call for her are intercepted by Tiris, who with loving determination shoves his head at hands, at pockets for treats. He takes the spotlight and leaves her in ( the Light ) her own company for a spell.
Except ...
' everything is luminous '.
Zoen can't say why he didn't notice her, at first. Too bright herself, their little Oracle, like a shard of mirror in sunlight. Looking at her too long hurt just as badly. He reached up for his hat, by instinct, like it might shade him from her own luminance.
" And it's fuckin' annoying -- ah. " He stumbles over his words with great grace, before a girl that already knew the look and feel of a living thing's opened guts. " And it's … unfortunate. "
He was getting so good at the hero thing.
" Suppose they'll name some constellations after us? Once the night is returned everywhere. " It would be. It would be. " You oughta start picking out your favorites, next time we're back at the Crystarium. Get ahead of the curve. "
( in his left knee, he feels it: the grating of bone on stone )
