[ with each piece of rock pilled back, it won't take long for him to uncover just a pool of blood that what left in place. there are a few pieces of the ruby with no energy left, but they tremble in a way that the source is nearby.
he might see it out the corner of his eye, the world glitching out of focus as though blurred in an area where where a broken piece of building leans, underneath a layer of darkness settles. it's like a complete shadow that phases in and out of the world, white outlines along the quills that static like white noise as the body tries to exist in the world.
two hands lift up to his head, holding at quills to compose himself. he can hear all sorts of things in his head, the way conversations overlap on different frequencies, other topics fade in and out as though it's building new scenarios in his head. it blocks out the real world, creating a somewhat fake world in his own head. as much as it hurts, shadow doesn't move from where he stands.
when he coughs, dry and raspy, blood splatters onto the ground until that begins to glitch itself and disappears out of the world. ]
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he might see it out the corner of his eye, the world glitching out of focus as though blurred in an area where where a broken piece of building leans, underneath a layer of darkness settles. it's like a complete shadow that phases in and out of the world, white outlines along the quills that static like white noise as the body tries to exist in the world.
two hands lift up to his head, holding at quills to compose himself. he can hear all sorts of things in his head, the way conversations overlap on different frequencies, other topics fade in and out as though it's building new scenarios in his head. it blocks out the real world, creating a somewhat fake world in his own head. as much as it hurts, shadow doesn't move from where he stands.
when he coughs, dry and raspy, blood splatters onto the ground until that begins to glitch itself and disappears out of the world. ]