[ dextera should take him to his father, or someone who knows what to do. dextera should do a lot of things, but when he sees damian in front of him, like this, hurt but asleep—his scream still echoing in dextera’s ears—then all he can think is that he has to protect damian, for when he couldn’t protect his own brother. ]
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[ he’ll risk everyone, everything, if damian happens to wake up hungry and in need of the feeling of prey under his teeth, but now that it’s occurred to him, dextera can’t stand the thought of leaving without recklessly helping. it’s a need that drowns out all the paranoia, all the fear, all the lunacy that the moon threatens the town with.
he carefully pries damian free of the chains, and hoists the boy into his arms. stupid, he knows. he knows! but he hears his brother, remembers that soft voice begging to be saved, and so he carries damian out of the woods back to his home in bluo. ]
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[ he’ll risk everyone, everything, if damian happens to wake up hungry and in need of the feeling of prey under his teeth, but now that it’s occurred to him, dextera can’t stand the thought of leaving without recklessly helping. it’s a need that drowns out all the paranoia, all the fear, all the lunacy that the moon threatens the town with.
he carefully pries damian free of the chains, and hoists the boy into his arms. stupid, he knows. he knows! but he hears his brother, remembers that soft voice begging to be saved, and so he carries damian out of the woods back to his home in bluo. ]