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There was a growing sensation of pain spreading through her. It was dull and deep and cavernous, and it wasn't until little black dots sprung before her eyes that China realized that the pain came from her lungs. She had forgotten to breathe. A gasp of air was drawn in, jerkily, sliced between neat pearly teeth that had never sought another kin's blood.
Then, the other woman was before her, and the fear almost made her swallow her tongue in dread. For a moment, she could do nothing but stand in the glow of Halo's spite and disgust - Her hatred oozed out into the air between them, as potent as the fear-stench that came from the dove. Her lungs spasmed slightly, drawing in too-shallow breaths, and although her mouth opened no words came out.
She was given a serpent's warning, the rattle of Halo's voice as venomous as any bite as it struck her large ears roundly, and rang within them. For the briefest moment, China considered allowing her sparse remnants of courage to flee; but she knew that if the change did not happen now, she would be stuck back with the demons, stuck there in the monotonous self-torture forever. She could not go back to that place, and the terror of returning to it overpowered the fear that writhed within her at the sight of her assaulter.
Claws clicked too loudly on stone, and she had spilled out into the room behind Halo's turned form, the flute held out slightly as though it were a cross to ward of the hellion she baited. The pregnant woman was higher up, having mounted the stairs, but as China's feeble tone swept breathlessly out she knew it would be heard. "I'm sorry," There was more she needed to say, more she needed to ask, but this had to be voiced first. Pale blue eyes graced the beautiful swell of the Triiari's form, and the hope embodied by such maternal grace gave her the strength to speak again. "Halo, I'm sorry." The world was turning, turning. She craved to turn with it once more.
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