[And Litchi, for her part, has gone completely slack. Arms hanging limply at her sides, her eyes are blank, no spark of recognition within them. She wobbles slightly, the pain still wracking her body. And yet, her expression is completely emotionless, eyes locked on some invisible horizon, seeming as if she is staring past Noel into a world only she can see.
Which isn't far from the truth. All Litchi can see is an endless expanse of darkness, within which is a single, terribly alluring azure light... so warm, so welcoming...
It's calling to her.
Who is she to ignore it?
Her voice barely more than a hoarse whisper, she breathes out the only word repeating in her mind over and over...]
Azure...
[Squeaking frantically, Lao Jiu tries to sign to Noel to get up and run. This is out of his control. There's nothing left for him to rein in.
Litchi Faye-Ling is gone. All that remains now is the Boundary.]
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Which isn't far from the truth. All Litchi can see is an endless expanse of darkness, within which is a single, terribly alluring azure light... so warm, so welcoming...
It's calling to her.
Who is she to ignore it?
Her voice barely more than a hoarse whisper, she breathes out the only word repeating in her mind over and over...]
Azure...
[Squeaking frantically, Lao Jiu tries to sign to Noel to get up and run. This is out of his control. There's nothing left for him to rein in.
Litchi Faye-Ling is gone. All that remains now is the Boundary.]