[ As soon as he touches them, that pervading feeling of an inner void is impossible to ignore. Easy to brush aside in the heat of the fire, the chaos of the building crumbling and darkness crawling all around, but there's no mistaking it now.
Though the individual certainly looks human (they're proportioned like a child, despite their armor-clad form), at their core they are not.
That aside, though, they seem harmless enough, since at this point they're having a coughing fit. On his instructions, their breaths slow, the hand clutched at their chest loosens, and they gradually gain control of their breathing again.
(That roiling surge of feeling is impossible to ignore. Loss, grief. Were there more, left behind?
Can't leave others behind. Already, there's been too much lost here.)
They cough again, this time attempting what seems to be speech, and finding that no words are forthcoming, only stuttered sounds. Their hands move, after a moment; they're holding up fingers. One, two, three, four, five, gesture towards him. Repeating it, where Talon can see, giving him a sidelong glance.
How many? seems to be what they're attempting to ask, lacking a voice. ]
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Though the individual certainly looks human (they're proportioned like a child, despite their armor-clad form), at their core they are not.
That aside, though, they seem harmless enough, since at this point they're having a coughing fit. On his instructions, their breaths slow, the hand clutched at their chest loosens, and they gradually gain control of their breathing again.
(That roiling surge of feeling is impossible to ignore. Loss, grief. Were there more, left behind?
Can't leave others behind. Already, there's been too much lost here.)
They cough again, this time attempting what seems to be speech, and finding that no words are forthcoming, only stuttered sounds. Their hands move, after a moment; they're holding up fingers. One, two, three, four, five, gesture towards him. Repeating it, where Talon can see, giving him a sidelong glance.
How many? seems to be what they're attempting to ask, lacking a voice. ]