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[Light]

"Udolf..." She strains out, "I just killed her. I killed somebody." The realization seeps into her voice, "I wanna hide."

[CrimsonMoon]

He frowns and murmurs," We've all killed someone," he whispers and strokes her hair,".. You had a good reason.."

[Light]

Cloud presses her head into his neck sighing, tears dripping onto his skin, "Those things... Angels... I... I hate them... And I don't know what to do..."

[CrimsonMoon]

He hugs her titghtly,"... You're ok now... Don't worry... Don't worry..."

[Light]

She hugs him back as tightly as she can. "...I know... " She whispers in his ear, "just... You don't leave me too... I couldn't, couldn't live with myself if you left."

[CrimsonMoon]

He sits down and hugs her tightly, rocking Cloud gently," Shhh... I won't leave you... Not ever, ok?"

[Light]

"Mm" she keeps her eyes closed, her breathing uneven and the heat of fear still keeping her blood pumping, "I'll hold you to that you know, U-chan." Her foot shifts, the glass underneath it crackling. "U-chan... I think... I mean, I can't prove it but..." She trails off uncertainly, the words stopped in her throat.

[CrimsonMoon]

He tilts his head qustioningly but doesnt speak, he still rocks her but buries her nose into her hair

[Light]

"I don't think it's an infection..." She continues, her voice dropping to a hoarse whisper, "I think... That the angels might be inhabiting human bodies... I mean..."

[CrimsonMoon]

Udolf hugs her a bit tighter,"..." The Universe... It told him she was right..

[Light]

She softly sniffles, "cause... I came down... And they were facing each other, and it looked like they were talking somehow..." Her breathing takes a slope downwards, the exhaustion coming up to meet her. "And it was cold..."

[CrimsonMoon]

" Shhh... Tell me when you're feeling alright....." He murmurs and nuzzles her ear

[Light]

"Mk..." She relents, "Just don't let them... Catch you..." She quiets down, her head tilting into his.

[CrimsonMoon]

" Keep calm and carry on," he murmurs in her ear, stroking her hair

[Light]

Her grip loosens on his back, and her arms hang loosely around his waist, "NmM." The phone in the corner flashes, each call coming in going straight to her voicemail. "Live long and prosper..."

[CrimsonMoon]

He holds het still, hugging her as he listens to the messages, staring at the rubble

[Light]

It was a given that, most of the messages were from Lumi asking his mother where she was and if she was skipping 'movie night' with him cause he invited Caoi.

A few were from the hospital asking why she never called to tell the office she wouldn't be clocking in for a full-nighter.

A few from the capital asking if she knew where Udolf was... And then the phone stopped receiving them, the small things memory overloaded with the information. It stops flashing, and the room dims. The lights that had been swaying were stilled, a few still managing to flicker and stay alive.

The angels didn't feel anything at what he had done to one of their own. It was just millions of eyes... Several thousand whispers that chilled the soul... And anger. It wasn't directed at any one person, but everyone, like a bee that had their nest destroyed. Cloud hugged and rubbed her head into him as she slept, mumbling pitifully every now and then in her sleep that they were coming.

[CrimsonMoon]

He eventually carries her back to the capital building, settling her on a hovering couch and kissing her forehea before settling in front of his desk again

[Light]

She twists around the couch and eventually settles down, her body discovering that there was no other heat source on the cushions that she could cling to. There were reports of strangely behaving people, but none of the stone angels themselves appearing.

[CrimsonMoon]

Udolf quickly updated his military command and civilian leaders of Cloud's discovery and eventually gets up and settles next to her, stroking her hair