“This is what happens when you over exert yourself.”
inhuman physiology sounds fake || accepting selectively.
black bolt stirred from a prolonged rest with his throat raw and burning, feeling the exhaustion weigh down his body with every fiber, every nerve ending. it was acutely felt with his heightened senses, and he could hear her approach without her needing to say something. he tasted blood at the back of his mouth, and it was starting to come back to him the longer he was awake. they were fighting, there was an attack. there were too many of them for the both of them to handle, and they kept coming. so the silent monarch had no choice but to call upon his fearsome power, defeating the many waves of enemies and soon enough, the portal from which they came from. and then – there was nothing but darkness.
he blinked slowly, shifting on the bed as he glanced up at pearl, then at her garb, the state of her armour. then he returned his gaze to her eyes, head canting slightly as if to ask < did we win? >