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071st metal . voice & zero spam . possible cw for self-harm
[ voice ]
[ Zane's voice is soft, and hoarse. ]
When will someone let me out.
[ action ]
[ He wakes up in Zero in agony. Too many kinds to sort out and identify: raging thirst, the world swimming in front of his eyes, the stabbing pain of every heartbeat, the full-body torture of the death toll, but it's all mixed, all together, and he's moving before he knows it. He grasps for metals, but he's empty, there's nothing, there's no feeling of Allomancy at all.
He falls to the cold ground and goes to the sink, drinking thirstily, and then, with no memory of what happened between, he finds himself at the bars. ] Charles. [ He's calling for help, the cry of an angry and hurt child, and he hits the bars and shakes them, and it's too long before he remembers that he doesn't have a warden anymore. He is a warden.
His mind feels torn to shreds. He wants to hurt things again. The voice grips him.
He curls up, shaking. ]
[ Zane's voice is soft, and hoarse. ]
When will someone let me out.
[ action ]
[ He wakes up in Zero in agony. Too many kinds to sort out and identify: raging thirst, the world swimming in front of his eyes, the stabbing pain of every heartbeat, the full-body torture of the death toll, but it's all mixed, all together, and he's moving before he knows it. He grasps for metals, but he's empty, there's nothing, there's no feeling of Allomancy at all.
He falls to the cold ground and goes to the sink, drinking thirstily, and then, with no memory of what happened between, he finds himself at the bars. ] Charles. [ He's calling for help, the cry of an angry and hurt child, and he hits the bars and shakes them, and it's too long before he remembers that he doesn't have a warden anymore. He is a warden.
His mind feels torn to shreds. He wants to hurt things again. The voice grips him.
He curls up, shaking. ]
[audio]
I just...what can I do to help?
[audio]
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What can I do to make it less difficult?
[audio]
I used to hear God's voice. All the time. All he did was tell me to kill.
[audio]
Would you like to see your rabbits? Or Duchess? I can bring them to you.
[audio]
Aslan would, but he's - I killed him too.
[audio]
Zane, you killed me, too, and you did it under the influence of something else.
I'm here. I will always be here. I'm not the only one...hold onto that.
[She sighs, and it's wet with the start of tears she refuses to shed.]
I'll check on your kids, let Duchess play with Mom and Dad, and then I'm coming to see you.
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[audio]
[She trails off. She wants to tell him how it is for her, so maybe he can cope with it in himself, but not like this.]
...you're going to be all right.
[Truth now. Explanations in person.]
I'll see you in a few minutes, buddy.
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[audio]
[She's talking as she walks, heading for Zero to see him.]
But that's the beauty of broken things, and people: they can always be fixed. You just have to figure out what order the pieces go in.
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