[She shifts him as carefully as she can so that he is resting on her lap, cradled in her arms as she tries to get a good look at him, blinking away the tears and trying to clear her vision.]
Cidolfus?
[The slow and subtle movement of his chest is not enough to stem the flow of panic that surges throughout her, making her hands tremble like mad as she touches him. Caresses his face, tries to shake him awake with a tight grip on his jacket.]
Cidolfus...
[His blood covers her fingers and she is back on that beach—their beach—as he lay almost lifeless in her arms. And all because of her...]
Wake up.
[A warmth washes over them both, though it is brief, as she attempts to heal him, but she's used up everything that she had on that final burst of magic to push out the ghost. It fades just as quickly as she had been able to conjure it.]
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Cidolfus?
[The slow and subtle movement of his chest is not enough to stem the flow of panic that surges throughout her, making her hands tremble like mad as she touches him. Caresses his face, tries to shake him awake with a tight grip on his jacket.]
Cidolfus...
[His blood covers her fingers and she is back on that beach—their beach—as he lay almost lifeless in her arms. And all because of her...]
Wake up.
[A warmth washes over them both, though it is brief, as she attempts to heal him, but she's used up everything that she had on that final burst of magic to push out the ghost. It fades just as quickly as she had been able to conjure it.]
Wake up, damn it...