Tch-! [Under any other circumstances, he would find this cute. But as it stands, they have a massive shadow outbreak on their hands and no leader. He knows what they should be doing, they've gone through this enough for him to know, but...]
[He reaches for her, grabbing her shoulders tightly and turning her to face him. His eyes were red, struggling not to completely lose himself to the nauseating dread and hopelessness he felt roiling around inside him.]
Yurippe, snap out of it! [His voice finally cracked under the pressure, trembling in the face of his greatest fear. She... she didn't recognize him. There was nothing human left in those eerily blank green eyes. It... made his skin crawl to look into them, his face contorting in pain as he squeezed her shoulders, teeth clenching as he bit back a sob.] I... I need you... Don't... don't go...
[His head dropped, face obscured by his hair. Slowly, he lessened his grip on her, his hands falling limply to his sides. He drew shaky breaths through clenched teeth, obvious that he was doing his best to rein in a swell of despair so profound that it threatened to swallow him. But there was no one here to stop him. No one to keep him under control. No one to tell him that he'd done enough and pull him away. He was alone with this suffocating realization that... he was powerless to save her. He was too late.]
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[He reaches for her, grabbing her shoulders tightly and turning her to face him. His eyes were red, struggling not to completely lose himself to the nauseating dread and hopelessness he felt roiling around inside him.]
Yurippe, snap out of it! [His voice finally cracked under the pressure, trembling in the face of his greatest fear. She... she didn't recognize him. There was nothing human left in those eerily blank green eyes. It... made his skin crawl to look into them, his face contorting in pain as he squeezed her shoulders, teeth clenching as he bit back a sob.] I... I need you... Don't... don't go...
[His head dropped, face obscured by his hair. Slowly, he lessened his grip on her, his hands falling limply to his sides. He drew shaky breaths through clenched teeth, obvious that he was doing his best to rein in a swell of despair so profound that it threatened to swallow him. But there was no one here to stop him. No one to keep him under control. No one to tell him that he'd done enough and pull him away. He was alone with this suffocating realization that... he was powerless to save her. He was too late.]
[This is my fault.]