It feels like it does, at any rate, everything inside him gone still and silent. Not even a thought in his head, only the echo of blood pounding that gets louder with each shot fired. For all the times that Akechi's gun has come out around him, he's never fired it. Maruki hasn't heard that sound in
a very long time.
He's a sitting duck, frozen to the spot, his own cognition ground to a halt, unable to duck, to hide, to summon Azathoth, to do anything at all as the shadow wolf barrels toward him, leaps, falls injured, shrieks–
Two more shots, blood and gray matter spraying onto the ground, and its eyes go dull.
Maruki can hardly register what just happened. He certainly can't play cool. His face is a mask of horror as he looks from the wolf to Odasaku. ]
It's okay.
[ The words come out numb. He shakes his head, blinks, tries to clear his vision– it's not snowing. They're just wolves. Just cognitions.
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It feels like it does, at any rate, everything inside him gone still and silent. Not even a thought in his head, only the echo of blood pounding that gets louder with each shot fired. For all the times that Akechi's gun has come out around him, he's never fired it. Maruki hasn't heard that sound in
a very long time.
He's a sitting duck, frozen to the spot, his own cognition ground to a halt, unable to duck, to hide, to summon Azathoth, to do anything at all as the shadow wolf barrels toward him, leaps, falls injured, shrieks–
Two more shots, blood and gray matter spraying onto the ground, and its eyes go dull.
Maruki can hardly register what just happened. He certainly can't play cool. His face is a mask of horror as he looks from the wolf to Odasaku. ]
It's okay.
[ The words come out numb. He shakes his head, blinks, tries to clear his vision– it's not snowing. They're just wolves. Just cognitions.
Breathe. Focus. ]
You– I didn't know you could do that.