but he just nods gently at that. now that we're here, rosamund can definitely see that artemy has been chewed on. these are teeth marks, and large ones at that as she's using her gentlest touch. that's why it looks repeatedly stabbed into... and pretty gross. like when a beast mauls a piece of meat. ]
... You're doing just fine... thank you...
[ his voice is small, almost uncertain, eyes flicking from her back down to his wounds, brow knit slightly, tension in every limb. ]
If you can spare it, a little more antiseptic on my hand? I just. Want to be careful. Otherwise... I am very well taken care of.
[Fetching it and trying hard not to visualize the vore. There was so much eating and consumption of people in the Neverafter, but rarely did she ever have to treat someone who survived it. She smiles a little at the assurance, but this ain't about her.]
[ his voice hits an anxious note ] For a moment, I was in my town again, my home, and my daughter was there, and Kate was there... Shiro was there... [ softer ] Ganymede...
[ he will perhaps show her a good way to apply it, a small lesson here. ]
But they were all infected with the same thing that had taken over the ship... it was like being in a nightmare, maybe even worse, like I'd brought the nightmare home to [ hesitation, there's something in his voice that's unusual. he's so steady normally, but it ramps upwards slightly ] people I love...
[The more he talks, the more she realizes the true horror of it all. It does seem to hit so much harder, when it could have a kernel of truth to it.]
The Host followed you home? Oh my gosh, Artemy...
[she puts a hand to some uninjured part of him, shoulder or hand.]
Well no wonder you'd be terrified. To think of it happening back when you thought it was going to be safe...is that why you were attacked? The rage got into someone?
I think it was... a strange moment meant to push something in me? That is how Hulkenberg had phrased it. She said what we had experienced was some "awakening."
[ he has a good shoulder, and he maybe nudges into it a little willingly. the sad animal of his everything just wants to be grounded. this helps. he hesitates a little, but takes a breath. proceeds. ]
Prior to that I'd just been... eaten by some monstrous thing, it was enormous... So maybe it was some sort of test. Maybe I would have never returned had I not passed... "awoken" as it were...
...Eugh. [She gives a shudder. It might be a comical sound if it weren't coming from a very real disgust and horror at his pain.] That's...you know, it really, really isn't right that every time someone has to have an "awakening" or whatever, they have to go through extraordinary amounts of pain and suffering. If the universe wants to give you something, it shouldn't insist you get completely mangled to earn it.
[And it's a speech that could be comical, if it wasn't so damnably true. She's a little hot in the cheeks with a renewed anger, even if she works with delicate precision.]
That's too cruel. Much too cruel. Was it even worth it, in the end?
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but he just nods gently at that. now that we're here, rosamund can definitely see that artemy has been chewed on. these are teeth marks, and large ones at that as she's using her gentlest touch. that's why it looks repeatedly stabbed into... and pretty gross. like when a beast mauls a piece of meat. ]
... You're doing just fine... thank you...
[ his voice is small, almost uncertain, eyes flicking from her back down to his wounds, brow knit slightly, tension in every limb. ]
If you can spare it, a little more antiseptic on my hand? I just. Want to be careful. Otherwise... I am very well taken care of.
[ those are his instruments, his true tools. ]
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Of course. Just a moment.
[Fetching it and trying hard not to visualize the vore. There was so much eating and consumption of people in the Neverafter, but rarely did she ever have to treat someone who survived it. She smiles a little at the assurance, but this ain't about her.]
Was it something that might infect you?
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I don't know... I just... want to be sure.
[ his voice hits an anxious note ] For a moment, I was in my town again, my home, and my daughter was there, and Kate was there... Shiro was there... [ softer ] Ganymede...
[ he will perhaps show her a good way to apply it, a small lesson here. ]
But they were all infected with the same thing that had taken over the ship... it was like being in a nightmare, maybe even worse, like I'd brought the nightmare home to [ hesitation, there's something in his voice that's unusual. he's so steady normally, but it ramps upwards slightly ] people I love...
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The Host followed you home? Oh my gosh, Artemy...
[she puts a hand to some uninjured part of him, shoulder or hand.]
Well no wonder you'd be terrified. To think of it happening back when you thought it was going to be safe...is that why you were attacked? The rage got into someone?
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[ he has a good shoulder, and he maybe nudges into it a little willingly. the sad animal of his everything just wants to be grounded. this helps. he hesitates a little, but takes a breath. proceeds. ]
Prior to that I'd just been... eaten by some monstrous thing, it was enormous... So maybe it was some sort of test. Maybe I would have never returned had I not passed... "awoken" as it were...
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[And it's a speech that could be comical, if it wasn't so damnably true. She's a little hot in the cheeks with a renewed anger, even if she works with delicate precision.]
That's too cruel. Much too cruel. Was it even worth it, in the end?