[ --no. in a sword fight, falling to the ground was certain death.
that would be another mistake, but she has no time to curse herself for putting herself in that kind of position. there's always been exhaustion in her every move on this island, and here, it's the adrenaline pushing her forward. pearl-- knows, that at that moment, kasen will take that opportunity to attack. she can stop this, can't she? her inability doesn't stop her from this.
but it does. she falls back, a gasp, and all of a sudden, she realizes-- she's going to die now. her grip on yamato is slack, and, when kasen continues, she knows there's no room for her to parry a blow from her position. there's a million feelings that hit her in this moment, the most familiar one being the feeling of failure.
she looks up at kasen, and even now, she won't beg. she just wishes if she was going to fail for the hundredth time, it wasn't-- with yamato, so close. with the thought that kasen is going to kill the rest of them.
what's left? a-- bitter smile. kashuu isn't even here, to keep her gem safe. she won't be "reporting" to hijikata in the morning, as she told him she would. a slow: ]
I-- lost.
[ as all these thoughts catch up to her. but perhaps falling here, to him, with the fight he's given her--is better than falling to dogs. ]
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that would be another mistake, but she has no time to curse herself for putting herself in that kind of position. there's always been exhaustion in her every move on this island, and here, it's the adrenaline pushing her forward. pearl-- knows, that at that moment, kasen will take that opportunity to attack. she can stop this, can't she? her inability doesn't stop her from this.
but it does. she falls back, a gasp, and all of a sudden, she realizes-- she's going to die now. her grip on yamato is slack, and, when kasen continues, she knows there's no room for her to parry a blow from her position. there's a million feelings that hit her in this moment, the most familiar one being the feeling of failure.
she looks up at kasen, and even now, she won't beg. she just wishes if she was going to fail for the hundredth time, it wasn't-- with yamato, so close. with the thought that kasen is going to kill the rest of them.
what's left? a-- bitter smile. kashuu isn't even here, to keep her gem safe. she won't be "reporting" to hijikata in the morning, as she told him she would. a slow: ]
I-- lost.
[ as all these thoughts catch up to her. but perhaps falling here, to him, with the fight he's given her--is better than falling to dogs. ]