// won't you breathe with me? //
The curtain of flame fell away and they charged across crusty ground, up the hill towards the black stack of boulders. Not a moment too soon; one of the hounds was leaping through the dying ward and snapped after Maea's heels as she tore after Liam, avoiding her tendon by inches. Hot breath chased her onward faster than she recalled moving since she lost the supernatural speed of the Ascended - and she'd not missed her old teleportation quite as badly before now.
Staggering and scrabbling as the ground turned steep, she found herself lagging behind. Realizing that she wouldn't make it all the way up in time, she spun around just as the massive bulk of a hound slammed into her. Toppling to the ground in a tangle of snapping teeth and kicking legs, an intense burning in her arm made her scream - acid, sticky and noxious with void was dribbling from the snapping jaws. Her armor protected her from the worst of it, but it still hurt like five hells.
Staggering and scrabbling as the ground turned steep, she found herself lagging behind. Realizing that she wouldn't make it all the way up in time, she spun around just as the massive bulk of a hound slammed into her. Toppling to the ground in a tangle of snapping teeth and kicking legs, an intense burning in her arm made her scream - acid, sticky and noxious with void was dribbling from the snapping jaws. Her armor protected her from the worst of it, but it still hurt like five hells.
Maea
// won't you take me to your heart? //
