( He's blindingly present in the moment. That's the way it goes in situations like this — he's present, everything is dialed up to eleven. Everything seems sharper and more vivid. Everything that isn't this feels quiet.
Are you okay?
He's nodding automatically, eyes still alert and fixed on the tunnel. Waiting for anything that hints at a threat.
You do things one step at a time, in order. Problem-solving. The problem: they need to get those people out.
Go down the tunnel, find a blockade. Listen for voices. Pull them out. Leave the nest Make it home. Find something to drink.
The panic always sets in after, for him. He freaks out in retrospect, now. He holds it together until he's alone, just like he holds it together impressively well when he's drunk. Hard to tell right up until you can really fucking tell.
He jerks his head forward, past the fallen alien bodies. )
They're down there. I think they're probably in a dead-end passage or something. I wouldn't be surprised if they've been doing the same thing, with the...
( He lifts and lowers the shield. That's what he'd do, obviously. )
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Are you okay?
He's nodding automatically, eyes still alert and fixed on the tunnel. Waiting for anything that hints at a threat.
You do things one step at a time, in order. Problem-solving. The problem: they need to get those people out.
Go down the tunnel, find a blockade.
Listen for voices.
Pull them out.
Leave the nest
Make it home.
Find something to drink.
The panic always sets in after, for him. He freaks out in retrospect, now. He holds it together until he's alone, just like he holds it together impressively well when he's drunk. Hard to tell right up until you can really fucking tell.
He jerks his head forward, past the fallen alien bodies. )
They're down there. I think they're probably in a dead-end passage or something. I wouldn't be surprised if they've been doing the same thing, with the...
( He lifts and lowers the shield. That's what he'd do, obviously. )