Taura could read it herself, and had finished long before Rita got to the end of the recitation.
She hadn't anticipated Rita's reaction, though, and she was too far away to grab her hand before it hit the fang. "Wait!" she shouted, but that was too late, too. "Aren't we going to talk about this? I didn't come down here to watch you get yourself killed." Sacrifices. Two slots. And she had to decide whether or not to take the second herself, or be the one who would post their names to the bulletin in the morning. Though there hadn't ever been two names, had there? Would only one of them die?
She reached out a hand, and froze. It was one thing to cheat death and to invite it with every mission. It was another to guarantee it, if that's what she was doing, and her hand trembled in mid-air. "I..."
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She hadn't anticipated Rita's reaction, though, and she was too far away to grab her hand before it hit the fang. "Wait!" she shouted, but that was too late, too. "Aren't we going to talk about this? I didn't come down here to watch you get yourself killed." Sacrifices. Two slots. And she had to decide whether or not to take the second herself, or be the one who would post their names to the bulletin in the morning. Though there hadn't ever been two names, had there? Would only one of them die?
She reached out a hand, and froze. It was one thing to cheat death and to invite it with every mission. It was another to guarantee it, if that's what she was doing, and her hand trembled in mid-air. "I..."