I can do this. I did it before and survived. I can do this. I just can't let myself be afraid of dying. Or it won't work.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?I can do it.
-Cloud feels an unpleasant coolness travelling up his body-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-It's followed by a total numbness-
-Gracia is being thorough this time-
-And it's taking it's toll-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-And then it's gone-
-Gracia just drops limp on top of him-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-Things around her are starting to ripple and distort-
-Things seem darker-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-It starts to glow red around them, and Gracia starts spasming-
-Then she shrieks out in pain-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-She sits upright, then immediately drops down when the sharp pain of the broken bones gets to her-
-The air around them is starting to crumple-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-She coughs up a chunk of blood and phlegm onto his back-
-What appears to be a big, molten-metal sword jabs its way through realspace and tears a whole, revealing one of these sons of bitches
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LET HER BLOOD SPILL UPON THIS GODLESS ROCK IN PRAISE OF OUR MASTER, KHORNE!
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?-The daemon is impaled, multiple times, warpfire spilling from its wounds and marking the ground with a scorched, eight sided star-
-And then he's gone-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Ghh... I tried everything, and they didn't stop. I can't stop them. They know exactly where I am.
I can't even die safely.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

She— she knew she could just let me die if she wanted. She could have been sanctioned and they would have treated her better. But she didn't. Maybe she liked being needed, too. Or maybe she needed me. But she put it aside and she let me have the life she had earned for herself.
-She shudders, her hands clenching involuntarily-
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?