01-05-2025, 10:32 PM
Sasha wasn't sure how long he would be allowed to touch her. But the ice cold should help ease the nose bleed. He didn't want to offer any other suggestions but she should tip her head back too but he let her be. This was probably too much already. And sometimes the way she spoke made him grow painfully aware of how attractive she was. Sasha wanted to ask about what was in her head -- filling her to the brim and causing this pain. It wasn't natural. At least he didn't think it was. But then there were any number of natural diseases that could result in this, but even those weren't natural -- normal might be the term to use.
She asked about what he'd done, and he didn't really know. But they hadn't come after him until those thugs in track suits had attacked him. "I don't know." Sasha said pressing his thumbs into her spine hoping to relieve some of the tension he found. He wasn't sure being this close was a good idea. "The last one I guess was because I killed the first one." That was the only logical reason for the second. She'd gotten away -- or rather he'd left her alive when he fled her reach. She hadn't died like the other one, he'd burnt to a crisp in the flames.
"It all started after... " the shard pulsed and fire and earth pulsed him like a nuclear explosion. Like the event that happened decades ago in the CEZ. That's what it felt like. That's what it had sounded like -- all those old videos of explosion like that, was what Sasha imagined it all sounded like, felt like to be at the epicenter and yet not get touched. The shard had protected him, but he wouldn't tell her that. She might take it from him. "I defended myself. the warehouses around me were flattened. The four thugs nothing but a pile of ash when I opened my eyes."
She asked about what he'd done, and he didn't really know. But they hadn't come after him until those thugs in track suits had attacked him. "I don't know." Sasha said pressing his thumbs into her spine hoping to relieve some of the tension he found. He wasn't sure being this close was a good idea. "The last one I guess was because I killed the first one." That was the only logical reason for the second. She'd gotten away -- or rather he'd left her alive when he fled her reach. She hadn't died like the other one, he'd burnt to a crisp in the flames.
"It all started after... " the shard pulsed and fire and earth pulsed him like a nuclear explosion. Like the event that happened decades ago in the CEZ. That's what it felt like. That's what it had sounded like -- all those old videos of explosion like that, was what Sasha imagined it all sounded like, felt like to be at the epicenter and yet not get touched. The shard had protected him, but he wouldn't tell her that. She might take it from him. "I defended myself. the warehouses around me were flattened. The four thugs nothing but a pile of ash when I opened my eyes."