After weeks of fear and misery, gods does it feel good to have a win. Koa drops the vine as Lena seems about to escape, offering a hand to haul her the rest of the way. Liberated from the mud, Lena will find herself immediately trapped again: this time in Koa's fierce embrace, as he scoops her up into a tight, desperate hug."It's so good to see you," he whispers against her hair, all his usual soldier's formality drowned in a tide of exhausted relief.
Letting go and stepping back, Koa surveys the swamp. At this proximity it's easy how gaunt his boyish face has become, how dark the shadows are around his eyes; but beneath the turmoil the same fire glows, copper-bright and eager to work. "Haven't seen anyone else," he confirms, brows furrowed as he watches Pip breathe shocks of fire into a nearby channel of water, trying to boil the lamplighters within. "We've been... well. It's a long story."
But back to business. Koa's brows furrow as he he peers into the void-infested bog. "I think I know someone who can help, but I don't know if he'll answer. Hey, Sunjata?" the boy calls, tilting his face to peer up toward the sky (feels right, who knows). "There's a lot of bad shit in this water. Could you do something to, like, get rid of it? Make sure it doesn't get into the sea?"
None of his prayers have been answered in seasons, but hey. Only hurts his pride to try.
Pipsqueak tries to boil the water to kill off things inside.
Koa channels Sunjata to help prevent void shit from getting to the sea!
Letting go and stepping back, Koa surveys the swamp. At this proximity it's easy how gaunt his boyish face has become, how dark the shadows are around his eyes; but beneath the turmoil the same fire glows, copper-bright and eager to work. "Haven't seen anyone else," he confirms, brows furrowed as he watches Pip breathe shocks of fire into a nearby channel of water, trying to boil the lamplighters within. "We've been... well. It's a long story."
But back to business. Koa's brows furrow as he he peers into the void-infested bog. "I think I know someone who can help, but I don't know if he'll answer. Hey, Sunjata?" the boy calls, tilting his face to peer up toward the sky (feels right, who knows). "There's a lot of bad shit in this water. Could you do something to, like, get rid of it? Make sure it doesn't get into the sea?"
None of his prayers have been answered in seasons, but hey. Only hurts his pride to try.
Pipsqueak tries to boil the water to kill off things inside.
Koa channels Sunjata to help prevent void shit from getting to the sea!
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Good things never last. Bad things never die
