[The fool, taunting their enemy like it would solve anything!]
Waitβ!!
[There was a name on the tip of Kit's tongue, but try as he might to remember what it was, it would not come. He didn't know this boy, had never learned his name, but it felt like he knew what fate would befall him if he didn't intervene here and now.
As Vincent moved, so did Kit. One hand slammed down between them into the still hot pile of paper ashes, and the other shot out to cover Vincent's mouth. The pain had been much more severe this time, whether or not it had shown. If they kept going, it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that one of these times the otherness would win. It might even kill them. They needed to step back and assess the situation again. They needed to learn from the mistakes they'd made!]
Sheer force won't work here. We can only win if we play by the rules.
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Waitβ!!
[There was a name on the tip of Kit's tongue, but try as he might to remember what it was, it would not come. He didn't know this boy, had never learned his name, but it felt like he knew what fate would befall him if he didn't intervene here and now.
As Vincent moved, so did Kit. One hand slammed down between them into the still hot pile of paper ashes, and the other shot out to cover Vincent's mouth. The pain had been much more severe this time, whether or not it had shown. If they kept going, it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that one of these times the otherness would win. It might even kill them. They needed to step back and assess the situation again. They needed to learn from the mistakes they'd made!]
Sheer force won't work here. We can only win if we play by the rules.