[this is estinien, she tells herself. he's only ever been helpful to her, here in the prism. she can trust him. she wants to trust him.
her hands still tremble when she reaches out to take his, but - she takes them anyway.
she's not wholly comfortable with it, and when he does pick her up it will become immediately obvious that she's pretty severely injured - the tarlike substance mixes in with fresh blood which just keeps coming from, like, all over - but she's trying to stay calm.]
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[this is estinien, she tells herself. he's only ever been helpful to her, here in the prism. she can trust him. she wants to trust him.
her hands still tremble when she reaches out to take his, but - she takes them anyway.
she's not wholly comfortable with it, and when he does pick her up it will become immediately obvious that she's pretty severely injured - the tarlike substance mixes in with fresh blood which just keeps coming from, like, all over - but she's trying to stay calm.]
...thank you.