[PQ] smiling out of fear

ASHE.    Remi buried his face against her neck, and she turned her head against his with a powerful shudder. There was a tightness in her throat, and she couldn’t tell if the wetness on her cheeks was from the wind or from being held. She hadn’t been touched in so long... She breathed in his scent, and she cursed her broken arm for the hundredth time that day alone. She wanted to hang onto him, but her arm holding tightly around his waist would do. She was worried about his eyes, but getting out of the storm was paramount.    Getting out. It was surreal as Jigano and the other woman were talking down the link, but she hardly comprehended it. Ashe looked up at Remi. Could she walk?    ”Yeah just.. A little unsteady. No big deal,” she rasped, trying not to let her voice vanish in the wind. Her vision pulsed black at the edges, but that was nothing new. ”Just a little unsteady is all.”    ’...the infirmary, or Vai.’    Her heart stopped. Then started, and stopped again. Vai? Is she close? My brother -- Her thoughts were incomplete and tumbling down that link, her wide eyes darting between the three. Is everyone --    Lightning flashed again with a boom that reverberated in her chest. She tensed, eyeing the storm. No time for questions. Her eyes were locked where the lightning had struck, and she only looked away to search the roiling darkness behind them. She leaned against Remi heavily, swallowing hard. "I don't know the way," she said, just barely loud enough to be heard. i may be broken, but I'm not done.