Julian knows that it won’t be the wound that kills him. The dagger that had found it’s way neatly into his ribcage was coated with some sort of anointment, something deadly that could crawl its way through a human body and render it lifeless in minutes. And he’s a doctor, so he’s miserably aware of his own mortality as Suri cradles him to her chest. He didn’t care to think about what the poison was in the moment because there where other things he needed to think about right now. His sister, his city but most of all; Suri.Even as he’s wincing at the pain that ripped through every muscle fibre in his possession, he tries his best to keep his voice steady. He didn’t want her to know how badly it all hurt. Even in the end, he wanted to shield her from whatever he could while he still could. “S-Suri… Suri, listen…. I-I… hh…. I don’t think I’m going to… I’m not going to s-survive this one, my dear… it seems like the t-third time really is t-the charm, hm?”A small laugh rumbles in his chest but he’s immediately punished for it as pain rattles through him. Cursing under his breath, one of his gloved hands grip into the tattered clothing around his ribcage. “N-None of this… was supposed to h-…happen… I.. t-there’s a lot I still wanted to…”@tiredapprenticesuri