[ It takes him a moment, to shake off the cold dread of old ghosts and memories, to remember that he's here, now, and that this well doesn't belong here. None of this can actually touch him anymore. His movement had stuttered to a halt as his mind gets caught up in old horrors that feel all too real and present. But he forcefully shakes his head just in time to see her stumble and then he's moving again.
Hands that tremble just a hint reach out and clasp her arms, guiding her back away from the edge of the well as he gives it a dark look, wondering why it's appeared here and now. The Horizon has been acting strange for days now. This is something new, too.
And here he'd thought the moments of the Monastery catching fire were traumatizing enough... ]
Are you okay? Careful, that... that shouldn't even be here. But it's not exactly safe, either.
[ He has no idea that she saw or sensed anything, other than having lost her balance while peering down into the depths of an old stone well. Which makes him feel a little silly for acting so panicked to see her leaning over it as she had been. But he'll take embarrassment over watching anyone topple into those depths. ]
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Hands that tremble just a hint reach out and clasp her arms, guiding her back away from the edge of the well as he gives it a dark look, wondering why it's appeared here and now. The Horizon has been acting strange for days now. This is something new, too.
And here he'd thought the moments of the Monastery catching fire were traumatizing enough... ]
Are you okay? Careful, that... that shouldn't even be here. But it's not exactly safe, either.
[ He has no idea that she saw or sensed anything, other than having lost her balance while peering down into the depths of an old stone well. Which makes him feel a little silly for acting so panicked to see her leaning over it as she had been. But he'll take embarrassment over watching anyone topple into those depths. ]