[KQ] The Limit

Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?

Zariah's comment cut right to the heart of Sam's worries and insecurities, immediately made him feel small and useless. But he couldn't 'go home', not once he'd come this far. He wasn't sure if it would be 'manning up', but he had to keep going. Up to the top, no matter what lay there.

As they reached the platform he knew it wouldn't be anything good, couldn't be, but he still wanted to hope. That hope was quickly dashed as he saw the creature rise from the floor, ancient and huge and terrifying. Instinctively he took a nervous step back, but then Zariah's words, the words of everyone he'd ever suffered, came back. Weak. Pathetic. Cowardly.

He wasn't. He wasn't. They just didn't understand.

Running from the swipe of the creature (closing his eyes tight for just a second so he doesn't see the impact of Aedion against the wall, feeling a pang of guilt for never having known him, as bizarre as it is) he tried to get to the side of it. Once he had, he decided to use the only thing he had. Perhaps, he thought, I should have brought some kind of weapon.

Reaching into his pocket he brought out the metal cube. Easy to lift for him, he knew it was infinitely heavy to others. That meant it would hit hard for them too, right? The creature before him did not seem to be an Ascended. With all of his might he drew his arm back and threw the cube as hard as he could at it's head.

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Sam runs to the side of the creature and tries to throw his cube at it's head.

Samuel

Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?

Cold comfort for change?