I'll drown eventually so don't save me
The moment of stillness was very much needed on her part. It gave her the chance to catch her breath and assess the damage the rock-slider had made. Definitely some cracked ribs, crush damage to whatever organs was in her belly - she needed to read up on anatomy - and then there was the matter of the bloody taste on her tongue...
When Asta offered his hand, she took it without question and winced as pain grated through her body. Slipping free from the dead snake, Maea found that she couldn't stand on her own. "Wait, let - let me sit -" Grimacing wildly, it didn't get much better to sit down. "That's okay. I think I do..." Gazing up at her traveling companion, Maea sought his gaze, not smiling but with a solemn recognition of what he had done for her. "Thank you, Asta. If you hadn't been here, I - "
She paused. Let that sink in. Really sink in deep, until it registered - carving into her very bones the reality she had been too afraid or too numb to see before. Thanks to him the was alive. If she'd come alone, if she hadn't accepted his revolting habits, if he'd decided that she was too much of a hassle to deal with anymore as she kept refusing to listen to what he was saying...
And then the real shock set in. Her hands shook so violently that she lost her grip on the chakram. Fumbling for it she dropped it again, fingers unresponsive - " please - I need to - do damage - " Injure herself further in order to heal.
And if that wasn't a lesson in humility, she didn't know what was.
When Asta offered his hand, she took it without question and winced as pain grated through her body. Slipping free from the dead snake, Maea found that she couldn't stand on her own. "Wait, let - let me sit -" Grimacing wildly, it didn't get much better to sit down. "That's okay. I think I do..." Gazing up at her traveling companion, Maea sought his gaze, not smiling but with a solemn recognition of what he had done for her. "Thank you, Asta. If you hadn't been here, I - "
She paused. Let that sink in. Really sink in deep, until it registered - carving into her very bones the reality she had been too afraid or too numb to see before. Thanks to him the was alive. If she'd come alone, if she hadn't accepted his revolting habits, if he'd decided that she was too much of a hassle to deal with anymore as she kept refusing to listen to what he was saying...
And then the real shock set in. Her hands shook so violently that she lost her grip on the chakram. Fumbling for it she dropped it again, fingers unresponsive - " please - I need to - do damage - " Injure herself further in order to heal.
And if that wasn't a lesson in humility, she didn't know what was.
Maea
