[The monster is kind of toppling away when Erika breaks her grip on Lethe. She welcomes Maya's intrusion into her field of view, refusing to watch it hit the ground.
She looks rattled. Not quite horrified, too skeptical already to take everything that just happened at face value, but wide-eyed and alert and mind visibly whirling.]
I know, [Erika says lightly, and seems lost for words after that, starting to form the shape of a word and then another and stopping each time. Nothing comes up. Instead she ducks in under Maya's grip and methodically fits a hug around her, spreading her hands out on her back and tucking her face against her shoulder. Her breathing is even, but her heart is racing.]
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She looks rattled. Not quite horrified, too skeptical already to take everything that just happened at face value, but wide-eyed and alert and mind visibly whirling.]
I know, [Erika says lightly, and seems lost for words after that, starting to form the shape of a word and then another and stopping each time. Nothing comes up. Instead she ducks in under Maya's grip and methodically fits a hug around her, spreading her hands out on her back and tucking her face against her shoulder. Her breathing is even, but her heart is racing.]