RONIN
THE WHITE KNIGHT
"Oh... I don't like this place." Ronin's voice is swallowed up in the chamber, its echo immediately snuffed out by the pulsing rhythm of the walls. Automatically he steps closer to Remi, an arm slipping around him despite the way their damp clothes make any contact immediately unpleasant. He has to keep telling himself that the void is gone, that the Family is gone, but the weight of the Antechamber is much more than physical, and he finds himself double-checking every shadow regardless.
Stepping slowly and carefully across suddenly pristine flagstones, even the air here feels old, like it's been waiting patiently for company this whole time. Drawn by the sight of a broken pod, the firebolts that suddenly ignite around Ronin are entirely instinctive; every muscle grows taut, waiting to have to dodge or brace or attack, and he hasn't realised it yet, but he's holding his breath.
Only when it starts to scream in his lungs does he let it out in a shuddering sigh, tearing his eyes off the pod and instead keeping his gaze forward, towards the end of the chamber. "Is this where they all came from?" he asks, voice low and quiet now, like he's worried he might wake something up if he talks too loud.
Stepping slowly and carefully across suddenly pristine flagstones, even the air here feels old, like it's been waiting patiently for company this whole time. Drawn by the sight of a broken pod, the firebolts that suddenly ignite around Ronin are entirely instinctive; every muscle grows taut, waiting to have to dodge or brace or attack, and he hasn't realised it yet, but he's holding his breath.
Only when it starts to scream in his lungs does he let it out in a shuddering sigh, tearing his eyes off the pod and instead keeping his gaze forward, towards the end of the chamber. "Is this where they all came from?" he asks, voice low and quiet now, like he's worried he might wake something up if he talks too loud.
now don’t you lose hope
I swear I never dream that we’re alone
I swear I still believe but I don’t know
