[Fenimore tenses as Rei takes her hand, knowing what's coming. But the tension relaxes somewhat at first as confusion overtakes apprehension: partially because knowing it was coming did not stop the vision from being such a new experience, and partially because she was expecting something much more terrifying. Instead, she's just...talking with Shirley? That much of a prediction -- that she'd be able to meet her best friend again -- could even be seen as a good thing. And there were more Ferines than she'd ever expected to see in Luceti. In fact...they did seem a little familiar....
But then the darkness comes and, with it, the man with a sword. She may be unaccustomed to visions, but, under the circumstances, the meaning behind the candles being snuffed out couldn't be clearer. She winces each time the hand grabs for another person, her expression growing tighter as the number of candles grows fewer in a vain attempt to mask her growing fear. By the time they're down to only a few, lower lip is trembling and her arms are shaking. When the hand darts out the final time, she gasps, and then, when it swerves towards the vision of herself, she jerks back as though she were actually being grabbed, nearly accidentally pulling her hand from Rei's early.
As the vision ends, her legs buckle and she also falls, landing with a thump on her behind. She feels light-headed and dizzy from the intensity of the experience, making Rei's words sound oddly distorted. So...she was going to die, and soon, by how young she looked in the vision. Actually, if anything, she'd almost looked like she was younger --
Oh. So that was it.]
I -- [Her voice croaks through a throat that feels strangely full. She swallows and tries again.] I didn't know you could see other worlds.
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But then the darkness comes and, with it, the man with a sword. She may be unaccustomed to visions, but, under the circumstances, the meaning behind the candles being snuffed out couldn't be clearer. She winces each time the hand grabs for another person, her expression growing tighter as the number of candles grows fewer in a vain attempt to mask her growing fear. By the time they're down to only a few, lower lip is trembling and her arms are shaking. When the hand darts out the final time, she gasps, and then, when it swerves towards the vision of herself, she jerks back as though she were actually being grabbed, nearly accidentally pulling her hand from Rei's early.
As the vision ends, her legs buckle and she also falls, landing with a thump on her behind. She feels light-headed and dizzy from the intensity of the experience, making Rei's words sound oddly distorted. So...she was going to die, and soon, by how young she looked in the vision. Actually, if anything, she'd almost looked like she was younger --
Oh. So that was it.]
I -- [Her voice croaks through a throat that feels strangely full. She swallows and tries again.] I didn't know you could see other worlds.