it was heaven a moment ago, i had it, almost
Nothing could have prepared her for the way Gideon’s words hit her straight through the heart. She’s not sure if her heart stops for a beat, skips before continuing, if the way her lips move but no words escape is a part of her mind that races and races and ends on nothing of use other than quiet little strangled “what?” What does one say to that?
And what does it mean?
“The… Ascended did this?” She asks, unable to put any force to her words as shock races through her, hands leaving Gideon’s arm to focus on the blood that’s shown to her, the concern that glimmers in her gaze as her mind immediately races to the rest of the Order, then to October who would likely be the one to ask to help patch Gideon up. “Gods, fuck, I’m sorry—” She doesn’t know what to say other than apologizing for her curse, her hands shaking as she lifts them to grab Gideon’s face and stand, to press her forehead against his as she takes another unsteady breath. “Let’s get you to a doctor and then… And then we can… Figure it out, okay?” Where to start, how to strike back, the Artificer at a complete loss as to what the protocol with this was when Cian had been the mind behind it all.
He had been the Eye, and now Sera’s never felt more blind.
And what does it mean?
“The… Ascended did this?” She asks, unable to put any force to her words as shock races through her, hands leaving Gideon’s arm to focus on the blood that’s shown to her, the concern that glimmers in her gaze as her mind immediately races to the rest of the Order, then to October who would likely be the one to ask to help patch Gideon up. “Gods, fuck, I’m sorry—” She doesn’t know what to say other than apologizing for her curse, her hands shaking as she lifts them to grab Gideon’s face and stand, to press her forehead against his as she takes another unsteady breath. “Let’s get you to a doctor and then… And then we can… Figure it out, okay?” Where to start, how to strike back, the Artificer at a complete loss as to what the protocol with this was when Cian had been the mind behind it all.
He had been the Eye, and now Sera’s never felt more blind.
Seraphina
