[ his name is the only warning there is before someone's hands find his arms, grasping him firmly from behind. maybe she would have found him sooner had she been in her robotic container, but danger distrusted the physics and metal alike with atropos swallowing them whole. still, she'd seen him stumbling along from a distance and recognized him-- relieved, despite her passive exterior, to find someone she called her close friend.
but by her initial assessment, he'd been better. he wasn't looking well. ]
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[ his name is the only warning there is before someone's hands find his arms, grasping him firmly from behind. maybe she would have found him sooner had she been in her robotic container, but danger distrusted the physics and metal alike with atropos swallowing them whole. still, she'd seen him stumbling along from a distance and recognized him-- relieved, despite her passive exterior, to find someone she called her close friend.
but by her initial assessment, he'd been better. he wasn't looking well. ]