[ The only reaction his scars get is a blink. Growing up on Mamore got her very used to seeing people with the damage of old injuries.
Their surroundings shift again, almost glitching into a ravaged city street under a stark blue sky, the decorative plants seeming tropical, entirely different from the Academy's mountainous surroundings. There are bodies here, but stacked in bags along one side of the road, anonymous and waiting for disposal.
A dream.
Her practical mind says it makes sense. The shifting landscape. The striking surreality of it. And if this is playing out inside her mind, well. She's always been good at controlling that.
(Except for--)
They're on the Corbulo campus again, and everything is chaos. Screaming cadets, dying marines, ODSTs dropping from the sky. Chyler flinches as a bright purple projectile flashes past, shattering against the statue at her side. Blind fear squeezes around her, and instinct tries to lock it down.
(Get to safety, find a weapon, regroup, regroup, evacuate--)
Chyler manages to keep her voice calm, even though she has to raise it to be heard through the chaos. ] How? Focus on what?
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Their surroundings shift again, almost glitching into a ravaged city street under a stark blue sky, the decorative plants seeming tropical, entirely different from the Academy's mountainous surroundings. There are bodies here, but stacked in bags along one side of the road, anonymous and waiting for disposal.
A dream.
Her practical mind says it makes sense. The shifting landscape. The striking surreality of it. And if this is playing out inside her mind, well. She's always been good at controlling that.
(Except for--)
They're on the Corbulo campus again, and everything is chaos. Screaming cadets, dying marines, ODSTs dropping from the sky. Chyler flinches as a bright purple projectile flashes past, shattering against the statue at her side. Blind fear squeezes around her, and instinct tries to lock it down.
(Get to safety, find a weapon, regroup, regroup, evacuate--)
Chyler manages to keep her voice calm, even though she has to raise it to be heard through the chaos. ] How? Focus on what?
[ Chyler flinches again as something explodes. ]