seeing percy lying there like that - pale and unmoving - is horrifying, and jiuqing's heart clenches unpleasantly as the memory plays out. it already happened - for vax. is this in percy's future? or has it already happened?
this can't be his end, can it?
...the memory keeps going.
they won't give up on him. it warms her heart to see that, to know from watching through vax's eyes that they won't just let him go, that they refuse to accept that this is his end. it's so obvious how much they all care for him, and though she doesn't understand in the slightest how any of these rituals work, it's clear that they do.
he's alive. he's breathing. there's color in his cheeks.
...he's alive.]
...he's - he's okay. You all saved him.
[vax truly was not kidding when he said they'd had plenty of experiences with weird death shit.
she wipes at her face, where there are tears. she's not even sure when she started crying.]
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seeing percy lying there like that - pale and unmoving - is horrifying, and jiuqing's heart clenches unpleasantly as the memory plays out. it already happened - for vax. is this in percy's future? or has it already happened?
this can't be his end, can it?
...the memory keeps going.
they won't give up on him. it warms her heart to see that, to know from watching through vax's eyes that they won't just let him go, that they refuse to accept that this is his end. it's so obvious how much they all care for him, and though she doesn't understand in the slightest how any of these rituals work, it's clear that they do.
he's alive. he's breathing. there's color in his cheeks.
...he's alive.]
...he's - he's okay. You all saved him.
[vax truly was not kidding when he said they'd had plenty of experiences with weird death shit.
she wipes at her face, where there are tears. she's not even sure when she started crying.]
He's okay...