Make the most out of no time

Remi did not make any noise that could be called a word, but he tried, which was enough. Sam wanted badly to flinch away from the horror of Remi desperately grabbing for him looking so weak and hurt, but he couldn't. Making nervous noises that sounded like the beginnings of sentences he never made, Sam reached forward and held Remi's good shoulder just gently. "C...can you sh-sh-shift? M..m...m--" He closed his eyes and forced the words to come out smoother, tried his best to will his stutter away. "M-maybe you c..could become..b-become a bird. Then I could c-carry you..." It was an idea that came from nowhere, one that made him want to scream because it involved more movement, but it could save Remi. Samuel Another little "nothing ever after", nothing more? And lo, but no! What bliss Another jolly jaunt through the abyss