I'll Never See You Again if I Can't Help It

Noor · 10-03-2024, 06:21 PM

Fable rushing towards her to inspect her for injuries did two things to Noor. The first was that it set her stomach fluttering all over again, like the traitor it had proved itself to be. The second was she went rigid, guilt, hurt and her desire to respect Fable's boundaries slamming together to lock her knees and straighten her spine. The relieved exhale could have also been from Noor who found the right button to push to relax as Fable stepped back, though she had to not look back at the other woman. Feeling her so close was painful enough as it was, felt too familiar. Seeing her that close would have probably been too much so instead she planted her gaze solidly on the horizon and those strange dark shapes. Noor was surprised her legs didn't give out when being close turned into contact. Noor pushed air through her nose with some force, as if it was a struggle to do so.

Instead she tried to focus on Fable's words. Information, that made sense. Her mind drifting when the distance between them reappeared, feeling somehow heavier than the empty air between them should have. Focus! Noor chided herself in her head. Nodding awkwardly she managed to find her ability to speak: "So what do we know right now?" It may have seemed a little unnecessary to state the obvious as she was about to but she'd learned speaking these sorts of things aloud helped to solidify them in her mind. A hold over from learning to repeat instructions or orders. "Yesterday the sky was blue, and there were no spikes sprouting from the ground. Only a short time ago there were earthquakes, though I don't know how common those are here." Noor glanced at Fable, hopeful she'd be able to shed more light on that element. "And now the sky has turned red and there are spikes where there weren't any before." Had the earthquakes unearthed these spires, or had they caused the earthquakes as they surfaced?

"Should we take a closer look?" Noor didn't bother to keep the hesitation from her voice. How close was safe? Was there even a safe distance? Was that a decent suggestion, or would Fable think she was an idiot? Which Noor wouldn't have blamed her for.

"Speech"

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