He's stopped walking, which — as they're linked together, and he's now crushing her hand like a vise — forces her to stop too.
"I kicked something. It just startled me, that's all."
He loosens his grip, lets out his breath in a rush. The darkness can pull on your worst thoughts and persuade you that they're true. It was probably just a loose stone. Whatever it is, he nudges it with his sneaker again before crouching down to reassure himself that it's nothing to worry about. Only to realize it's pale in the dark, and long, and not a rock at all, but a bone.
"What the fuck?" he yelps, reeling back up to his feet and kicking the thing away. It skitters across the stone floor — and knocks into something else down the corridor.
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"I kicked something. It just startled me, that's all."
He loosens his grip, lets out his breath in a rush. The darkness can pull on your worst thoughts and persuade you that they're true. It was probably just a loose stone. Whatever it is, he nudges it with his sneaker again before crouching down to reassure himself that it's nothing to worry about. Only to realize it's pale in the dark, and long, and not a rock at all, but a bone.
"What the fuck?" he yelps, reeling back up to his feet and kicking the thing away. It skitters across the stone floor — and knocks into something else down the corridor.