[ It happens as if in slow motion. He feels himself pushed. He hears the unmistakable sound of an arrow hitting flesh. He whirls around. It takes him a moment to understand what happened, mostly because his mind, at first, refuses to believe it. No. Oh, no no no.
He reaches out, to cradle her in his arms. ]
Pyra!
[ He gazes at her, his lips trembling. Back then, he'd felt a sharp pain and looked down, surprised to see an arrow sticking out of his chest. Now it's sticking out of hers.
He did this. It's completely his fault. I wish it had been you with me, that day. He'd actually thought that. His heart made it happen. That day, his sister had sacrificed herself to save him. She'd pushed him out of the way, taking the sword meant for him. Now, Pyra is the one who pushed him, Pyra is the one hurt for his sake. Is there no end to this? In his past life, everyone he cared about suffered or died because of him. This life... of course it will be the same.
More than anything, he wants Pyra to love herself, to love her life, to want to live. He never dreamed that he'd be the one to kill her.
He knows what he has to do. He reaches into his sleeve, and isn't at all surprised to find two halves of a seal tucked away in his qiankun bag. He joins them together. All around them, hands shoot out of the ground, followed by arms, followed by the bodies of corpses, their skin grey and rotting. They immediately begin to attack the mass of cultivators. ]
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He reaches out, to cradle her in his arms. ]
Pyra!
[ He gazes at her, his lips trembling. Back then, he'd felt a sharp pain and looked down, surprised to see an arrow sticking out of his chest. Now it's sticking out of hers.
He did this. It's completely his fault. I wish it had been you with me, that day. He'd actually thought that. His heart made it happen. That day, his sister had sacrificed herself to save him. She'd pushed him out of the way, taking the sword meant for him. Now, Pyra is the one who pushed him, Pyra is the one hurt for his sake. Is there no end to this? In his past life, everyone he cared about suffered or died because of him. This life... of course it will be the same.
More than anything, he wants Pyra to love herself, to love her life, to want to live. He never dreamed that he'd be the one to kill her.
He knows what he has to do. He reaches into his sleeve, and isn't at all surprised to find two halves of a seal tucked away in his qiankun bag. He joins them together. All around them, hands shoot out of the ground, followed by arms, followed by the bodies of corpses, their skin grey and rotting. They immediately begin to attack the mass of cultivators. ]