[ He makes another awful sound, frustrated and painful. ]
--nnot. What I meant-tt.
[ For once that stare he's given Avery so many times is focused (struggling to stay focused, pupils growing fever bright and fading again and brightening, cycling in and out) and not blank with agony.
Something like a laugh comes out. Broken and mingled with the sound of straining metal. ]
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[ He makes another awful sound, frustrated and painful. ]
--nnot. What I meant-tt.
[ For once that stare he's given Avery so many times is focused (struggling to stay focused, pupils growing fever bright and fading again and brightening, cycling in and out) and not blank with agony.
Something like a laugh comes out. Broken and mingled with the sound of straining metal. ]
You. H-hh. Hh-haven't-t. C-changed at all.