[ what she'll do is close the distance, bridge the gap, take road step by step until she's standing level, parallel. a brief stillness and two sharp blue eyes taking another brief look - but her face is still, unshaken, and though her chest heaves (again, but this time with simple, painful life) she moves with a calm and a quiet.
less about sympathy, more about assessing the damage.
caught up, Nill allows herself a longer, deeper breath in. releases it. and crosses forward to the car. once she's standing right there next to him, she turns her back and leans against the vehicle's side, closes her eyes, tilts her head back to the starlight to try and steady her fluttering breaths.
he's alright (read: alive, the rest still to be seen), and she's here. for now, that's really all she needs to know. ]
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less about sympathy, more about assessing the damage.
caught up, Nill allows herself a longer, deeper breath in. releases it. and crosses forward to the car. once she's standing right there next to him, she turns her back and leans against the vehicle's side, closes her eyes, tilts her head back to the starlight to try and steady her fluttering breaths.
he's alright (read: alive, the rest still to be seen), and she's here. for now, that's really all she needs to know. ]