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[personal profile] verminous 2024-03-19 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[no. no, he can't die like this, he isn't-- he's not strong enough. he-

...what has he done.

hazy it is, through the despair and the pain (and wetness blurring his vision, now), he sees her properly.

she's safe. and she-- it seems like she can protect herself. like she has someone there to help, if she can't. and so long as that's the case...]


Yu... ri.

[...he doesn't have to die wondering what will become of her, without him. gregor chokes her name out through the blood, head tilting into the touch of her hand, and closes his eyes.]
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[personal profile] riverbeans 2024-03-19 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rodya continues to stand watch, but even with her, there's sorrow in her gaze. Trying not to cry, Yuri holds Gregor's face in her hand, until the very end.

And with that, Gregor dies... and then, he wakes up.]