He nods toward the way he'd come in, stepping back outside the shop. Back to open air. If this isn't reality, if this is some mental projection, what is there to stop him from adapting?
Once there's enough clear space around him, he takes a deep breath. Closing his eyes. Focusing -- on the part of him that feels like it's been missing. Like a lost limb. The empty space where something else should have been. He's in this memory too. And there's a part of him he wonders if this demon creature counted on.
I know you're not here... but please...
He doesn't look up from the concentration until something answers. Something answers in a sound like thunder, like the blast of a broken sound barrier. Something roars.
no subject
He nods toward the way he'd come in, stepping back outside the shop. Back to open air. If this isn't reality, if this is some mental projection, what is there to stop him from adapting?
Once there's enough clear space around him, he takes a deep breath. Closing his eyes. Focusing -- on the part of him that feels like it's been missing. Like a lost limb. The empty space where something else should have been. He's in this memory too. And there's a part of him he wonders if this demon creature counted on.
I know you're not here... but please...
He doesn't look up from the concentration until something answers. Something answers in a sound like thunder, like the blast of a broken sound barrier. Something roars.
And he looks back at Darin with a grin.
"Not anyone human, anyway."