[ And it's a good thing that she reminds herself to breathe just then, because it's when the vileling crumples and falls that time painfully corrects itself. Slamming into her at full force with the enormity of what just happened, it knocks that breath out of her and throws the world off its axis. Feeling like she's seen something so wrong that she wants to vehemently deny that any of it has happened.
But it's right there in front of her. The beast silenced, and the Exorcist was... ]
ALLEN!!
[ It's painfully half-gasped, half-screamed as she forces breath back into her lungs, pushing herself forward into a clumsy sprint toward where the bloodied vileling fell. All the while her mind is doing somersaults along with her stomach, dizzy and nauseating and wrong. No. No no no, this isn't, he can't be—
This isn't real. Please don't let it be real. Let it be like the dream where they first met, where they're both safe and sound. Please, he can't be... ]
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But it's right there in front of her. The beast silenced, and the Exorcist was... ]
ALLEN!!
[ It's painfully half-gasped, half-screamed as she forces breath back into her lungs, pushing herself forward into a clumsy sprint toward where the bloodied vileling fell. All the while her mind is doing somersaults along with her stomach, dizzy and nauseating and wrong. No. No no no, this isn't, he can't be—
This isn't real. Please don't let it be real. Let it be like the dream where they first met, where they're both safe and sound. Please, he can't be... ]