Stay here, Lucifer had said, just now. But there wasn't even anywhere for Octavia to go.
(Except a field right outside Arkadia. And a nook in the streets of Polis.)
Her hands were still pressed against Duke's chest, but they were shaking in earnest now. Doing nothing to help, because there was nothing. The Duke under he hands, on the floor, was nothing but a shell.
(Yu gonplei ste o--)
Her hands yanked themselves back, like an involuntary convulsion, and then pressed tight over her mouth.
Re: Resurrection, untroubling, and catharsis
(Except a field right outside Arkadia. And a nook in the streets of Polis.)
Her hands were still pressed against Duke's chest, but they were shaking in earnest now. Doing nothing to help, because there was nothing. The Duke under he hands, on the floor, was nothing but a shell.
(Yu gonplei ste o--)
Her hands yanked themselves back, like an involuntary convulsion, and then pressed tight over her mouth.