[ she gasps in relief as the collar falls away before it can cinch closed around her neck. the reaper releases her, and the pain in her scalp is gone. she presses her hand to her throat a moment, still raw and sore from aristaeus' grip.
how can she ache so much when she is dead? she'd assumed it would at least offer peace from that.
she surveys the two of them, scuffling. aristaeus is free now, with the upper hand. beyond him, she can see a tear in the earth like a canyon. he will win this fight. she shouldn't need to comfort herself with this to run, but she does. and then she sets her eyes on stygia and gets out of there. ]
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how can she ache so much when she is dead? she'd assumed it would at least offer peace from that.
she surveys the two of them, scuffling. aristaeus is free now, with the upper hand. beyond him, she can see a tear in the earth like a canyon. he will win this fight. she shouldn't need to comfort herself with this to run, but she does. and then she sets her eyes on stygia and gets out of there. ]